# Tilakchandrapur Village, Kanksa, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Kanksa, Barddhaman 

# Tilakchandrapur

Tilakchandrapur is a village in Kanksa sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,970 people in 486 households**, the 18th largest of 77 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 72.5%.

- 1,970people (2011)
- 486households
- 67.4%literacy
- 941females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tilakchandrapur

Of every 100 households in Tilakchandrapur in 2011, 48 had electricity, 30 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Tilakchandrapur · ■ Kanksa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****48%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****30%**

**31%

No toilet (open defecation) ****70%**

**68%

Tap water ****24%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****31%**

**38%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****73%**

**70%

Use banking services ****51%**

**68%

Television ****28%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**12%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****33%**

**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 Tilakchandrapur?

■ Tilakchandrapur · ■ Kanksa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.4%**

**72.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****941**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**976

Working population ****48.5%**

**45.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.3% for men and 56.7% for women. 60% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 66 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 48 (5%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 133 (14%) · **■** Marginal 707 (74%)

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

- Bandra2,240 people
- Akandara2,051 people
- Domra2,035 people
- Ayma Biswanathpur1,971 people
- Sibpur1,953 people
- Rajkusum1,705 people
- Kanchanpur1,627 people
- Rakshitpur1,625 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tilakchandrapur?1,970 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tilakchandrapur in?Barddhaman district (Kanksa sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tilakchandrapur?67.4% (Census 2011)