# Kanisail Village, Nalhati - I, Birbhum (West Bengal)

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/nalhati-i/kanisail/

Village · Nalhati - I, Birbhum 

# Kanisail

Kanisail is a village in Nalhati - I sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **770 people in 184 households**, the 67th largest of 89 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 75.5%.

- 770people (2011)
- 184households
- 73.5%literacy
- 1,064females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kanisail

Of every 100 households in Kanisail in 2011, 31 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kanisail · ■ Nalhati - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****31%**

**28%

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

**14%

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

**85%

Tap water ****50%**

**9%

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

**9%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****58%**

**93%

Use banking services ****31%**

**46%

Television ****20%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**23%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

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

**0%

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

**41%

Own their home ****96%**

**95%

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 Kanisail?

■ Kanisail · ■ Nalhati - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.5%**

**75.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1064**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1515**

**959

Working population ****41.2%**

**35.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.2% for men and 66.0% for women. 63% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 43 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 42 (13%) · **■** Household industry 10 (3%) · **■** Other work 40 (13%) · **■** Marginal 182 (57%)

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 Nalhati - I

- Jhaupara969 people
- Makarampur935 people
- Kulgachhi847 people
- Radipur812 people
- Kelai765 people
- Saora747 people
- Kanupur740 people
- Radha Gobindapur713 people

[All 94 villages in Nalhati - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/nalhati-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kanisail?770 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanisail in?Birbhum district (Nalhati - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kanisail?73.5% (Census 2011)