# Kanchanpur Village, Raghunathganj - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Raghunathganj - I, Murshidabad 

# Kanchanpur

Kanchanpur is a village in Raghunathganj - I sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **731 people in 145 households**, the 47th largest of 56 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 44.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.8%.

- 731people (2011)
- 145households
- 44.9%literacy
- 1,019females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kanchanpur

Of every 100 households in Kanchanpur in 2011, 15 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 0 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kanchanpur · ■ Raghunathganj - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****15%**

**42%

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

**29%

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

**70%

Tap water ****1%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**26%

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

**5%

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

**87%

Use banking services ****34%**

**53%

Television ****3%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****0%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****82%**

**30%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Kanchanpur?

■ Kanchanpur · ■ Raghunathganj - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****44.9%**

**62.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1019**

**954

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****924**

**985

Working population ****46.0%**

**42.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 43.9% for men and 45.8% for women. 54% of men and 38% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 52 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 98 (29%) · **■** Household industry 11 (3%) · **■** Other work 70 (21%) · **■** Marginal 105 (31%)

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 Raghunathganj - I

- Baidpur776 people
- Katnai762 people
- Raninagar Dwipchar761 people
- Mathurapur748 people
- Selalpur681 people
- Takshak562 people
- Birthamba536 people
- Sahebnagar490 people

[All 60 villages in Raghunathganj - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/raghunathganj-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kanchanpur?731 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanchanpur in?Murshidabad district (Raghunathganj - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kanchanpur?44.9% (Census 2011)