# Kanakpur Village, Jamalpur, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Jamalpur, Barddhaman 

# Kanakpur

Kanakpur is a village in Jamalpur sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,375 people in 311 households**, the 73rd largest of 121 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.1%.

- 1,375people (2011)
- 311households
- 69.5%literacy
- 1,007females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kanakpur

Of every 100 households in Kanakpur in 2011, 50 had electricity, 33 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kanakpur · ■ Jamalpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**48%

Toilet within the home ****33%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****67%**

**46%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****38%**

**33%

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

**6%

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

**84%

Use banking services ****30%**

**65%

Television ****24%**

**30%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**43%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**12%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****25%**

**18%

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 Kanakpur?

■ Kanakpur · ■ Jamalpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.5%**

**74.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1007**

**980

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1039**

**982

Working population ****44.9%**

**44.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.8% for men and 62.3% for women. 65% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 201 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 389 (63%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 21 (3%) · **■** Marginal 2 (0%)

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 Jamalpur

- Habaspur1,479 people
- Dadpur1,430 people
- Basishtapur1,386 people
- Ilsara1,382 people
- Haragobindapur1,351 people
- Jotsubal1,338 people
- Jotkrishtai1,328 people
- Keotara1,318 people

[All 123 villages in Jamalpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/jamalpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kanakpur?1,375 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanakpur in?Barddhaman district (Jamalpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kanakpur?69.5% (Census 2011)