# Kakna Village, Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Kakna

Kakna is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,089 people in 268 households**, the 69th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 1,089people (2011)
- 268households
- 59.7%literacy
- 924females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kakna

Of every 100 households in Kakna in 2011, 27 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kakna · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****27%**

**31%

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

**24%

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

**75%

Tap water ****29%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**11%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**94%

Use banking services ****55%**

**26%

Television ****14%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****27%**

**33%

Own their home ****84%**

**98%

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 Kakna?

■ Kakna · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.7%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****924**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****787**

**954

Working population ****58.1%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.0% for men and 51.9% for women. 61% of men and 55% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 87 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 264 (42%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 62 (10%) · **■** Marginal 218 (34%)

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 Tapan

- Kishtapur1,153 people
- Chandrail1,145 people
- Katrail1,118 people
- Gopinathpur1,090 people
- Purba Nimpur1,077 people
- Madnahar1,066 people
- Santirhati1,062 people
- Bad Sankair1,055 people

[All 279 villages in Tapan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/tapan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kakna?1,089 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kakna in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kakna?59.7% (Census 2011)