# Kanur Village, Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Kanur

Kanur is a village in Bansihari sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **652 people in 149 households**, the 79th largest of 160 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 41.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 652people (2011)
- 149households
- 41.9%literacy
- 1,076females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kanur

Of every 100 households in Kanur in 2011, 6 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 8 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kanur · ■ Bansihari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**42%

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

**40%

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

**58%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**27%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**89%

Use banking services ****11%**

**32%

Television ****3%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****8%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****35%**

**29%

Own their home ****81%**

**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 Kanur?

■ Kanur · ■ Bansihari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****41.9%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1076**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****894**

**972

Working population ****33.0%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 49.1% for men and 35.5% for women. 60% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 112 (52%) · **■** Farm labourers 52 (24%) · **■** Other work 17 (8%) · **■** Marginal 34 (16%)

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 Bansihari

- Banipara692 people
- Panthanpara680 people
- Rasulpur666 people
- Baraharipur661 people
- Dhumpara622 people
- Ilaspur605 people
- Rahimpur596 people
- Andhar Manik590 people

[All 161 villages in Bansihari](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/bansihari/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kanur?652 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Bansihari sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kanur?41.9% (Census 2011)