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Kanjia Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Kanjia is a medium size village located in Ramnagar - II Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 211 families residing. The Kanjia village has population of 1074 of which 542 are males while 532 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kanjia village population of children with age 0-6 is 118 which makes up 10.99 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kanjia village is 982 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kanjia as per census is 1070, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Kanjia village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kanjia village was 86.09 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kanjia Male literacy stands at 93.61 % while female literacy rate was 78.34 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Kanjia 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 Kanjia village.

Kanjia Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 211 - -
Population 1,074 542 532
Child (0-6) 118 57 61
Schedule Caste 1 0 1
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 86.09 % 93.61 % 78.34 %
Total Workers 321 305 16
Main Worker 181 - -
Marginal Worker 140 132 8

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 0.09 % of total population in Kanjia village. The village Kanjia currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kanjia village out of total population, 321 were engaged in work activities. 56.39 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 43.61 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 321 workers engaged in Main Work, 55 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 87 were Agricultural labourer.