# Kanura, Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur – Population & Literacy

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Village · Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Kanura

Kanura is a village in [Kumarganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/kumarganj/) sub-district of [Dakshin Dinajpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **1,029 people in 239 households**, the 54th largest of 208 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 74.6%.

- 1,029people (2011)
- 239households
- 74.2%literacy
- 983females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kanura

Of every 100 households in Kanura in 2011, 46 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kanura · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**36%

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

**26%

No toilet (open defecation) ****79%**

**70%

Tap water ****1%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****25%**

**33%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****23%**

**25%

Television ****23%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****15%**

**33%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

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 Kanura?

■ Kanura · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.2%**

**74.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****983**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****782**

**951

Working population ****42.2%**

**43.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.3% for men and 69.2% for women. 61% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 246 (57%) · **■** Farm labourers 62 (14%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 42 (10%) · **■** Marginal 82 (19%)

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 Kumarganj

- Tilna1,067 people
- Balta1,066 people
- Chak Mohan1,037 people
- Mulgaon1,032 people
- Uchat1,007 people
- Palashi998 people
- Shyamnagar993 people
- Amritapur992 people

[All 218 villages in Kumarganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/kumarganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kanura?1,029 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanura in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kumarganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kanura?74.2% (Census 2011)