# Kansara Village, Mejhia, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Mejhia, Bankura 

# Kansara

Kansara is a village in Mejhia sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,687 people in 328 households**, the 19th largest of 72 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 66.8%.

- 1,687people (2011)
- 328households
- 66.0%literacy
- 948females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kansara

Of every 100 households in Kansara in 2011, 50 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kansara · ■ Mejhia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**47%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**84%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**14%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****58%**

**52%

Use banking services ****23%**

**36%

Television ****24%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****31%**

**27%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Kansara?

■ Kansara · ■ Mejhia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.0%**

**66.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****948**

**934

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****965**

**937

Working population ****36.6%**

**35.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.5% for men and 50.7% for women. 56% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 76 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 270 (44%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 222 (36%) · **■** Marginal 42 (7%)

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 Mejhia

- Bharra1,912 people
- Ranipur1,912 people
- Jot-Sriram1,833 people
- Tegharia1,787 people
- Banjora1,529 people
- Parbatipur1,338 people
- Pairasol1,277 people
- Jugibag1,264 people

[All 75 villages in Mejhia](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/mejhia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kansara?1,687 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kansara in?Bankura district (Mejhia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kansara?66.0% (Census 2011)