# Kanaipur Village, Sonamukhi, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Sonamukhi, Bankura 

# Kanaipur

Kanaipur is a village in Sonamukhi sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **310 people in 72 households**, the 132nd largest of 161 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.2%.

- 310people (2011)
- 72households
- 70.4%literacy
- 950females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kanaipur

Of every 100 households in Kanaipur in 2011, 51 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kanaipur · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****51%**

**37%

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

**18%

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

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****19%**

**35%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**75%

Use banking services ****34%**

**53%

Television ****27%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**22%

Own their home ****97%**

**98%

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 Kanaipur?

■ Kanaipur · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.4%**

**66.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****950**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1118**

**948

Working population ****44.2%**

**45.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.9% for men and 61.4% for women. 61% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 17 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 63 (46%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 24 (18%) · **■** Marginal 32 (23%)

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 Sonamukhi

- Jashra358 people
- Mach Doba323 people
- Rajgola322 people
- Basu Nandanpur315 people
- Maitya300 people
- Bhabanipur298 people
- Chaulya295 people
- Shuksayer283 people

[All 186 villages in Sonamukhi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/sonamukhi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kanaipur?310 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanaipur in?Bankura district (Sonamukhi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kanaipur?70.4% (Census 2011)