# Kansona Village, Bongaon – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Bongaon, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Kansona

Kansona is a village in Bongaon sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **7,334 people in 1,761 households**, the 6th largest of 149 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.7%.

- 7,334people (2011)
- 1,761households
- 67.2%literacy
- 947females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kansona

Of every 100 households in Kansona in 2011, 18 had electricity, 66 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kansona · ■ Bongaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****66%**

**78%

No toilet (open defecation) ****34%**

**19%

Tap water ****2%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****59%**

**56%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**92%

Use banking services ****37%**

**38%

Television ****8%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**3%

None of these assets ****28%**

**22%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Kansona?

■ Kansona · ■ Bongaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.2%**

**79.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****947**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****990**

**962

Working population ****35.9%**

**36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.3% for men and 63.9% for women. 57% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 730 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 830 (32%) · **■** Household industry 66 (3%) · **■** Other work 384 (15%) · **■** Marginal 621 (24%)

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 Bongaon

- Chhaygharia10,891 people
- Kalupur10,413 people
- Purana Bangaon8,265 people
- Chauberia8,039 people
- Barakpur6,945 people
- Ichhlampur6,886 people
- Paikpara6,397 people
- Bangangram6,144 people

[All 150 villages in Bongaon](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/bongaon/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kansona?7,334 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kansona in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Bongaon sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kansona?67.2% (Census 2011)