# Kanakpur Village, Murarai - I, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Murarai - I, Birbhum 

# Kanakpur

Kanakpur is a village in Murarai - I sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,546 people in 598 households**, the 23rd largest of 76 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 55.4%.

- 2,546people (2011)
- 598households
- 58.2%literacy
- 882females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kanakpur

Of every 100 households in Kanakpur in 2011, 20 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 15 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kanakpur · ■ Murarai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****80%**

**84%

Tap water ****5%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**10%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**86%

Use banking services ****12%**

**20%

Television ****16%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****15%**

**23%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****38%**

**46%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Kanakpur?

■ Kanakpur · ■ Murarai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.2%**

**55.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****882**

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****750**

**983

Working population ****37.0%**

**34.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.2% for men and 52.7% for women. 55% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 259 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 153 (16%) · **■** Household industry 10 (1%) · **■** Other work 193 (20%) · **■** Marginal 327 (35%)

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 Murarai - I

- Ratanpur2,840 people
- Chatra2,733 people
- Makoa2,668 people
- Paschim Simlapara2,635 people
- Ruprampur2,488 people
- Batia2,308 people
- Gopalpur2,285 people
- Na-Ani Gangadda2,120 people

[All 80 villages in Murarai - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/murarai-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kanakpur?2,546 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanakpur in?Birbhum district (Murarai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kanakpur?58.2% (Census 2011)