# Kanchannagar Village, Dubrajpur, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Dubrajpur, Birbhum 

# Kanchannagar

Kanchannagar is a village in Dubrajpur sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **321 people in 71 households**, the 159th largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.3%.

- 321people (2011)
- 71households
- 52.0%literacy
- 1,184females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kanchannagar

Of every 100 households in Kanchannagar in 2011, 21 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 73 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kanchannagar · ■ Dubrajpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****21%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**85%

Tap water ****1%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****30%**

**14%

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

**3%

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

**77%

Use banking services ****20%**

**51%

Television ****11%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****73%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****1%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Kanchannagar?

■ Kanchannagar · ■ Dubrajpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****52.0%**

**68.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1184**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****2077**

**980

Working population ****44.5%**

**39.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.4% for men and 38.8% for women. 61% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 24 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 29 (20%) · **■** Other work 10 (7%) · **■** Marginal 80 (56%)

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 Dubrajpur

- Ghoropara341 people
- Majuria336 people
- Palsara336 people
- Kultor326 people
- Noapara314 people
- Dakshin Gopalpur312 people
- Kandighi309 people
- Chak Balaram288 people

[All 227 villages in Dubrajpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/dubrajpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kanchannagar?321 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanchannagar in?Birbhum district (Dubrajpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kanchannagar?52.0% (Census 2011)