# Kanchiara Village, Amdanga – Population & Literacy

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Village · Amdanga, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Kanchiara

Kanchiara is a village in Amdanga sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,884 people in 651 households**, the 21st largest of 79 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 80.4%.

- 2,884people (2011)
- 651households
- 83.7%literacy
- 942females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kanchiara

Of every 100 households in Kanchiara in 2011, 57 had electricity, 75 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 62 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Kanchiara · ■ Amdanga rural average

Electricity for lighting ****57%**

**55%

Toilet within the home ****75%**

**79%

No toilet (open defecation) ****21%**

**18%

Tap water ****37%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****56%**

**51%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****56%**

**91%

Use banking services ****46%**

**50%

Television ****35%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****62%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****4%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**3%

None of these assets ****13%**

**18%

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 Kanchiara?

■ Kanchiara · ■ Amdanga rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.7%**

**80.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****942**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****946**

**969

Working population ****36.7%**

**36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.6% for men and 77.4% for women. 62% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 269 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 302 (29%) · **■** Household industry 17 (2%) · **■** Other work 302 (29%) · **■** Marginal 167 (16%)

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 Amdanga

- Maricha3,125 people
- Sonadanga3,081 people
- Harpara2,960 people
- Kamdebpur2,906 people
- Madhabpur2,834 people
- Tababeria2,815 people
- Chharuhat2,768 people
- Panchagharia2,715 people

[All 80 villages in Amdanga](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/amdanga/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kanchiara?2,884 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanchiara in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Amdanga sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kanchiara?83.7% (Census 2011)