# Kanchra Village, Ketugram - I, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Ketugram - I, Barddhaman 

# Kanchra

Kanchra is a village in Ketugram - I sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,478 people in 537 households**, the 33rd largest of 62 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.0%.

- 2,478people (2011)
- 537households
- 55.0%literacy
- 931females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kanchra

Of every 100 households in Kanchra in 2011, 12 had electricity, 28 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kanchra · ■ Ketugram - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****28%**

**38%

No toilet (open defecation) ****72%**

**60%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**26%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**94%

Use banking services ****82%**

**68%

Television ****3%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****64%**

**42%

Own their home ****87%**

**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 Kanchra?

■ Kanchra · ■ Ketugram - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.0%**

**68.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****931**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****990**

**955

Working population ****30.3%**

**34.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 54.4% for men and 55.6% for women. 57% of men and 1% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 157 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 501 (67%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 21 (3%) · **■** Marginal 69 (9%)

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 Ketugram - I

- Kulai2,642 people
- Chechuri2,624 people
- Shrigram2,623 people
- Chinispur2,608 people
- Kulutia2,393 people
- Kojalsa2,364 people
- Ujalpur2,279 people
- Kantadihi2,161 people

[All 66 villages in Ketugram - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/ketugram-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kanchra?2,478 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanchra in?Barddhaman district (Ketugram - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kanchra?55.0% (Census 2011)