# Kanagar Village, Chinsurah - Magra, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Chinsurah - Magra, Hugli 

# Kanagar

Kanagar is a village in Chinsurah - Magra sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,131 people in 988 households**, the 4th largest of 52 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 82.1%.

- 4,131people (2011)
- 988households
- 78.1%literacy
- 962females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kanagar

Of every 100 households in Kanagar in 2011, 74 had electricity, 91 a toilet at home and 36 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kanagar · ■ Chinsurah - Magra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****74%**

**76%

Toilet within the home ****91%**

**74%

No toilet (open defecation) ****8%**

**25%

Tap water ****11%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****19%**

**16%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****36%**

**28%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****27%**

**51%

Use banking services ****50%**

**53%

Television ****63%**

**52%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**16%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

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

**13%

Own their home ****91%**

**89%

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 Kanagar?

■ Kanagar · ■ Chinsurah - Magra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.1%**

**82.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****962**

**962

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**953

Working population ****41.4%**

**40.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.9% for men and 71.0% for women. 57% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 79 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 36 (2%) · **■** Household industry 78 (5%) · **■** Other work 1,242 (73%) · **■** Marginal 277 (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 Chinsurah - Magra

- Gajaghanta4,680 people
- Dingalhat4,574 people
- Digsui4,183 people
- Benipur3,793 people
- Chhota Khejuria3,734 people
- Debanandapur3,449 people
- Narayanpur3,174 people

[All 52 villages in Chinsurah - Magra](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/chinsurah-magra/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kanagar?4,131 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanagar in?Hugli district (Chinsurah - Magra sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kanagar?78.1% (Census 2011)