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

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Village · Mayureswar - I, Birbhum 

# Kanksa

Kanksa is a village in Mayureswar - I sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **563 people in 144 households**, the 82nd largest of 107 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.9%.

- 563people (2011)
- 144households
- 71.5%literacy
- 1,011females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kanksa

Of every 100 households in Kanksa in 2011, 50 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 7 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kanksa · ■ Mayureswar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****20%**

**17%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**92%

Use banking services ****20%**

**55%

Television ****18%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****7%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****77%**

**32%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Kanksa?

■ Kanksa · ■ Mayureswar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.5%**

**70.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1011**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1143**

**975

Working population ****41.2%**

**40.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.8% for men and 64.2% for women. 62% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

****

**■** Other work 11 (5%) · **■** Marginal 221 (95%)

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

- Layekpur609 people
- Pahana601 people
- Baicha590 people
- Namakanda583 people
- Samachar547 people
- Lokra534 people
- Ram Bhadrapur485 people
- Haripur480 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kanksa?563 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanksa in?Birbhum district (Mayureswar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kanksa?71.5% (Census 2011)