# Kanchanpur Village, Kanksa, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Kanksa, Barddhaman 

# Kanchanpur

Kanchanpur is a village in Kanksa sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,627 people in 362 households**, the 21st largest of 77 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 72.5%.

- 1,627people (2011)
- 362households
- 78.7%literacy
- 984females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kanchanpur

Of every 100 households in Kanchanpur in 2011, 64 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 49 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kanchanpur · ■ Kanksa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****64%**

**52%

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

**31%

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

**68%

Tap water ****2%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****18%**

**38%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**70%

Use banking services ****78%**

**68%

Television ****29%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****49%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**12%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****6%**

**18%

Own their home ****98%**

**96%

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 · ■ Kanksa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.7%**

**72.5%

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

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****950**

**976

Working population ****46.5%**

**45.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.6% for men and 70.6% for women. 63% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 146 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 108 (14%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 27 (4%) · **■** Marginal 473 (62%)

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 Kanksa

- Ayma Biswanathpur1,971 people
- Tilakchandrapur1,970 people
- Sibpur1,953 people
- Rajkusum1,705 people
- Rakshitpur1,625 people
- Jatgaria1,595 people
- Nutunganj1,583 people
- Anandapur1,566 people

[All 82 villages in Kanksa](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/kanksa/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kanchanpur?1,627 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanchanpur in?Barddhaman district (Kanksa sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kanchanpur?78.7% (Census 2011)