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Kanchanpur Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Kanchanpur is a small village located in Contai - I Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 31 families residing. The Kanchanpur village has population of 141 of which 73 are males while 68 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kanchanpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 12 which makes up 8.51 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kanchanpur village is 932 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kanchanpur as per census is 2000, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Kanchanpur village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kanchanpur village was 86.82 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kanchanpur Male literacy stands at 94.20 % while female literacy rate was 78.33 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Kanchanpur village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Kanchanpur village.

Kanchanpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 31 - -
Population 141 73 68
Child (0-6) 12 4 8
Schedule Caste 18 8 10
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 86.82 % 94.20 % 78.33 %
Total Workers 92 52 40
Main Worker 38 - -
Marginal Worker 54 21 33

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 12.77 % of total population in Kanchanpur village. The village Kanchanpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kanchanpur village out of total population, 92 were engaged in work activities. 41.30 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 58.70 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 92 workers engaged in Main Work, 2 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.