# Kanaipur Village, Chanchal - II, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · Chanchal - II, Maldah 

# Kanaipur

Kanaipur is a village in Chanchal - II sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,477 people in 554 households**, the 30th largest of 90 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 57.4%.

- 2,477people (2011)
- 554households
- 58.5%literacy
- 934females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kanaipur

Of every 100 households in Kanaipur in 2011, 30 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kanaipur · ■ Chanchal - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**80%

Tap water ****1%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**20%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**90%

Use banking services ****15%**

**16%

Television ****11%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**0%

None of these assets ****44%**

**46%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Kanaipur?

■ Kanaipur · ■ Chanchal - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.5%**

**57.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****934**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****962**

**953

Working population ****41.0%**

**34.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 60.9% for men and 56.0% for women. 58% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 301 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 212 (21%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 107 (11%) · **■** Marginal 394 (39%)

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 Chanchal - II

- Boalia2,696 people
- Jadupur2,668 people
- Baharabad2,640 people
- Enayatnagar2,492 people
- Sadarpur2,452 people
- Sholmari2,373 people
- Parani Nagar2,366 people
- Jitarpur2,322 people

[All 92 villages in Chanchal - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/chanchal-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kanaipur?2,477 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanaipur in?Maldah district (Chanchal - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kanaipur?58.5% (Census 2011)