# Kankrakuli Village, Dhaniakhali, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Dhaniakhali, Hugli 

# Kankrakuli

Kankrakuli is a village in Dhaniakhali sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,075 people in 271 households**, the 116th largest of 214 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 75.7%.

- 1,075people (2011)
- 271households
- 84.0%literacy
- 991females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kankrakuli

Of every 100 households in Kankrakuli in 2011, 53 had electricity, 64 a toilet at home and 17 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kankrakuli · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Electricity for lighting ****53%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****64%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****36%**

**48%

Tap water ****0%**

**19%

Drinking water within premises ****37%**

**26%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****17%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****45%**

**84%

Use banking services ****90%**

**58%

Television ****30%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**13%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****19%**

**18%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Kankrakuli?

■ Kankrakuli · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.0%**

**75.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****991**

**994

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1122**

**962

Working population ****35.7%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.4% for men and 78.5% for women. 60% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 148 (39%) · **■** Farm labourers 165 (43%) · **■** Other work 54 (14%) · **■** Marginal 17 (4%)

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 Dhaniakhali

- Ghana Shyampur1,101 people
- Dakshin Sankarpur1,094 people
- Uttar Sankarpur1,090 people
- Chhota Khanpur1,083 people
- Basipur1,062 people
- Chinagari1,052 people
- Satidaha1,052 people
- Gobarara1,045 people

[All 214 villages in Dhaniakhali](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/dhaniakhali/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kankrakuli?1,075 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kankrakuli in?Hugli district (Dhaniakhali sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kankrakuli?84.0% (Census 2011)