# Kanakpara Village, Nabagram, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Nabagram, Murshidabad 

# Kanakpara

Kanakpara is a village in Nabagram sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,262 people in 303 households**, the 60th largest of 109 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.8%.

- 1,262people (2011)
- 303households
- 79.8%literacy
- 975females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kanakpara

Of every 100 households in Kanakpara in 2011, 49 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kanakpara · ■ Nabagram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****49%**

**35%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**76%

Tap water ****1%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**13%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**95%

Use banking services ****81%**

**58%

Television ****34%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**37%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Kanakpara?

■ Kanakpara · ■ Nabagram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.8%**

**70.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****975**

**960

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1061**

**965

Working population ****38.2%**

**34.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.7% for men and 72.7% for women. 63% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 179 (37%) · **■** Farm labourers 231 (48%) · **■** Household industry 9 (2%) · **■** Other work 51 (11%) · **■** Marginal 12 (2%)

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 Nabagram

- Kisorpur1,387 people
- Bichhuti1,386 people
- Jay Krishnapur1,377 people
- Karjora1,302 people
- Gorara1,252 people
- Jalukhan1,230 people
- Hijrol1,212 people
- Ayra1,167 people

[All 118 villages in Nabagram](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/nabagram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kanakpara?1,262 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanakpara in?Murshidabad district (Nabagram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kanakpara?79.8% (Census 2011)