# Kanachi Village, Mayureswar - I, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Mayureswar - I, Birbhum 

# Kanachi

Kanachi is a village in Mayureswar - I sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,108 people in 540 households**, the 22nd largest of 107 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.9%.

- 2,108people (2011)
- 540households
- 75.7%literacy
- 946females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kanachi

Of every 100 households in Kanachi in 2011, 50 had electricity, 46 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kanachi · ■ Mayureswar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****46%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****54%**

**81%

Tap water ****1%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**17%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**92%

Use banking services ****65%**

**55%

Television ****36%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****29%**

**32%

Own their home ****88%**

**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 Kanachi?

■ Kanachi · ■ Mayureswar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.7%**

**70.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****946**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****748**

**975

Working population ****32.1%**

**40.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.4% for men and 72.8% for women. 57% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 115 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 160 (24%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 188 (28%) · **■** Marginal 212 (31%)

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 Mayureswar - I

- Ghoshgram2,540 people
- Gazipur2,479 people
- Taloan2,409 people
- Bahina2,390 people
- Dwaruri2,069 people
- Kharasinpur2,042 people
- Shibgram2,035 people
- Beguna2,013 people

[All 113 villages in Mayureswar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/mayureswar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kanachi?2,108 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanachi in?Birbhum district (Mayureswar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kanachi?75.7% (Census 2011)