# Kanchannagar Village, Murshidabad Jiaganj – Population

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Village · Murshidabad Jiaganj, Murshidabad 

# Kanchannagar

Kanchannagar is a village in Murshidabad Jiaganj sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **229 people in 55 households**, the 115th largest of 127 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.1%.

- 229people (2011)
- 55households
- 64.6%literacy
- 1,063females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kanchannagar

Of every 100 households in Kanchannagar in 2011, 31 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kanchannagar · ■ Murshidabad Jiaganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****31%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**41%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**58%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****53%**

**57%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**92%

Use banking services ****87%**

**38%

Television ****11%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****29%**

**22%

Own their home ****94%**

**95%

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 Kanchannagar?

■ Kanchannagar · ■ Murshidabad Jiaganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.6%**

**69.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1063**

**936

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****889**

**960

Working population ****53.7%**

**36.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.3% for men and 54.9% for women. 52% of men and 55% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 14 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 32 (26%) · **■** Other work 3 (2%) · **■** Marginal 74 (60%)

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 Murshidabad Jiaganj

- Chaipara325 people
- Arazi Saikuli275 people
- Fauzbag250 people
- Payasti Katiganga231 people
- Bhartadoba191 people
- Chandabag149 people
- Pashchim Gobindapur144 people
- Begampur140 people

[All 132 villages in Murshidabad Jiaganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/murshidabad-jiaganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kanchannagar?229 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanchannagar in?Murshidabad district (Murshidabad Jiaganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kanchannagar?64.6% (Census 2011)