# Kanapara Village, Nawda, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Nawda, Murshidabad 

# Kanapara

Kanapara is a village in Nawda sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,578 people in 393 households**, the 28th largest of 28 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.1%.

- 1,578people (2011)
- 393households
- 57.9%literacy
- 1,082females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kanapara

Of every 100 households in Kanapara in 2011, 8 had electricity, 36 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kanapara · ■ Nawda rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****36%**

**46%

No toilet (open defecation) ****64%**

**52%

Tap water ****34%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****33%**

**64%

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

**3%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****10%**

**29%

Television ****4%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**28%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

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 Kanapara?

■ Kanapara · ■ Nawda rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.9%**

**66.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1082**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1200**

**969

Working population ****31.2%**

**32.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 57.0% for men and 58.7% for women. 61% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 82 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 137 (28%) · **■** Other work 132 (27%) · **■** Marginal 142 (29%)

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 Nawda

- Ghoramara2,111 people
- Sibnagar1,869 people
- Chandabad1,811 people
- Moktarapur1,741 people

[All 39 villages in Nawda](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/nawda/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kanapara?1,578 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanapara in?Murshidabad district (Nawda sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kanapara?57.9% (Census 2011)