# Kanakpur Village, Gournagar, North Tripura (Tripura)

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Village · Gournagar, North Tripura 

# Kanakpur

Kanakpur is a village in Gournagar sub-district of North Tripura district, Tripura, PIN code **799277**. The 2011 Census counted **2,119 people in 440 households**, the 31st largest of 39 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 83.3%.

- 2,119people (2011)
- 440households
- 82.6%literacy
- 799277PIN code

## Kanakpur PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kanakpur is 799277.** Kanakpur falls in Gournagar sub-district, North Tripura district, Tripura.

- PIN code799277
- Community development blockGournagar
- Census village code272582

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Kanakpur from nearby towns?

- Gournagar (sub-district HQ)6 km by road
- Kailasahar (district HQ)3 km by road
- Kailasahar (nearest town)3 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Kanakpur?

12 services counted by the Census are inside Kanakpur; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Kailasahar
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Kailasahar
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Kailasahar
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)18 h summer · 22 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Kanakpur known for?

The main crops are **chili, crops and vegetables**. Products made here include dry fishes, brick, bamboo stick, bamboo stick, wooden furniture and towel. About 90% of the 153 hectares of village land is sown.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Kanakpur

Of every 100 households in Kanakpur in 2011, 82 had electricity, 89 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kanakpur · ■ Gournagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****82%**

**56%

Toilet within the home ****89%**

**84%

No toilet (open defecation) ****7%**

**14%

Tap water ****2%**

**32%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**17%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**93%

Use banking services ****62%**

**73%

Television ****29%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****18%**

**34%

Own their home ****97%**

**92%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Kanakpur?

■ Kanakpur · ■ Gournagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.6%**

**83.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****984**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1110**

**981

Working population ****28.3%**

**36.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.4% for men and 77.5% for women. 50% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 103 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 103 (17%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 332 (55%) · **■** Marginal 55 (9%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Gournagar

- Gournagar2,272 people
- Kamarangabari2,228 people
- Murtichhara2,160 people
- Jarultali2,140 people
- Latiapur1,726 people
- Hirachhara1,687 people
- Halaichhara1,387 people
- Dhatuchhara990 people

[All 39 villages in Gournagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/tripura/north-tripura/gournagar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kanakpur?799277
- How far is Kanakpur from Kailasahar?3 km by road
- What is the population of Kanakpur?2,119 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanakpur in?North Tripura district (Gournagar sub-district), Tripura
- What is the literacy rate of Kanakpur?82.6% (Census 2011)
