# Uttar Kanaipur Village, Sainthia, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Sainthia, Birbhum 

# Uttar Kanaipur

Uttar Kanaipur is a village in Sainthia sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,499 people in 320 households**, the 28th largest of 216 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.9%.

- 1,499people (2011)
- 320households
- 63.4%literacy
- 939females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Uttar Kanaipur

Of every 100 households in Uttar Kanaipur in 2011, 17 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 7 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Uttar Kanaipur · ■ Sainthia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****17%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**85%

Use banking services ****83%**

**57%

Television ****4%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****7%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****52%**

**33%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Uttar Kanaipur?

■ Uttar Kanaipur · ■ Sainthia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.4%**

**71.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****939**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****922**

**961

Working population ****31.7%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.0% for men and 59.7% for women. 59% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 26 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 383 (81%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 55 (12%) · **■** Marginal 9 (2%)

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 Sainthia

- Kurumsaha1,790 people
- Dakshin Sija1,786 people
- Digha1,724 people
- Uttar Bamnigaon1,663 people
- Purba Siur1,477 people
- Mallikpur1,420 people
- Palashdanga1,418 people
- Salchapra1,411 people

[All 230 villages in Sainthia](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/sainthia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Uttar Kanaipur?1,499 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Uttar Kanaipur in?Birbhum district (Sainthia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Uttar Kanaipur?63.4% (Census 2011)