# Kanakpur Village, Haripal, Hugli (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Haripal, Hugli 

# Kanakpur

Kanakpur is a village in Haripal sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,697 people in 395 households**, the 55th largest of 152 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 78.5%.

- 1,697people (2011)
- 395households
- 69.4%literacy
- 1,023females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kanakpur

Of every 100 households in Kanakpur in 2011, 46 had electricity, 43 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kanakpur · ■ Haripal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**87%

Toilet within the home ****43%**

**58%

No toilet (open defecation) ****55%**

**39%

Tap water ****31%**

**19%

Drinking water within premises ****23%**

**28%

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

**12%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**80%

Use banking services ****29%**

**55%

Television ****17%**

**42%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**52%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**14%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****37%**

**14%

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 Kanakpur?

■ Kanakpur · ■ Haripal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.4%**

**78.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1023**

**982

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1067**

**983

Working population ****37.3%**

**40.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.5% for men and 62.4% for women. 57% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 155 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 209 (33%) · **■** Household industry 59 (9%) · **■** Other work 60 (9%) · **■** Marginal 150 (24%)

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 Haripal

- Panisheola1,793 people
- Dipa1,764 people
- Nalikul1,731 people
- Sipai Gachhi1,729 people
- Gaja1,688 people
- Biprapur1,680 people
- Dakshinkul1,680 people
- Radha Krisnapur1,637 people

[All 153 villages in Haripal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/haripal/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kanakpur?1,697 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanakpur in?Hugli district (Haripal sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kanakpur?69.4% (Census 2011)