# Kanchanpur Village, Bankura - II, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Bankura - II, Bankura 

# Kanchanpur

Kanchanpur is a village in Bankura - II sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,206 people in 668 households**, the 7th largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.6%.

- 3,206people (2011)
- 668households
- 69.1%literacy
- 984females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kanchanpur

Of every 100 households in Kanchanpur in 2011, 38 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kanchanpur · ■ Bankura - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**82%

Tap water ****1%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**16%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****76%**

**56%

Use banking services ****30%**

**58%

Television ****19%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**12%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**18%

Own their home ****92%**

**97%

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 Kanchanpur?

■ Kanchanpur · ■ Bankura - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.1%**

**73.6%

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

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1043**

**924

Working population ****37.2%**

**37.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.8% for men and 56.1% for women. 58% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 171 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 6 (1%) · **■** Household industry 50 (4%) · **■** Other work 362 (30%) · **■** Marginal 603 (51%)

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 Bankura - II

- Bikna3,876 people
- Junbede3,493 people
- Sonamui3,284 people
- Narra3,266 people
- Salbani2,975 people
- Asna2,847 people
- Hariyargara2,818 people
- Bhuj Sohar2,706 people

[All 154 villages in Bankura - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/bankura-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kanchanpur?3,206 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanchanpur in?Bankura district (Bankura - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kanchanpur?69.1% (Census 2011)