# Kansaripur Village, Dhaniakhali, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Dhaniakhali, Hugli 

# Kansaripur

Kansaripur is a village in Dhaniakhali sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,400 people in 307 households**, the 82nd largest of 214 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 75.7%.

- 1,400people (2011)
- 307households
- 78.2%literacy
- 966females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kansaripur

Of every 100 households in Kansaripur in 2011, 46 had electricity, 57 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 49 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kansaripur · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****57%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****42%**

**48%

Tap water ****0%**

**19%

Drinking water within premises ****21%**

**26%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**84%

Use banking services ****67%**

**58%

Television ****24%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****49%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**13%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****18%**

**18%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Kansaripur?

■ Kansaripur · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.2%**

**75.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****966**

**994

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****818**

**962

Working population ****37.7%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.9% for men and 71.4% for women. 64% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 164 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 246 (47%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 60 (11%) · **■** Marginal 53 (10%)

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

- Durgapur1,441 people
- Belgachhia1,436 people
- Gopalpur1,432 people
- Katgara1,431 people
- Balidaha1,376 people
- Bajitpur1,356 people
- Benathali1,352 people
- Dakshin Mogalpur1,348 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kansaripur?1,400 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kansaripur in?Hugli district (Dhaniakhali sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kansaripur?78.2% (Census 2011)