# Uttar Kanakpur Village, Bongaon – Population & Literacy

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Village · Bongaon, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Uttar Kanakpur

Uttar Kanakpur is a village in Bongaon sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **898 people in 201 households**, the 130th largest of 149 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 79.7%.

- 898people (2011)
- 201households
- 86.8%literacy
- 956females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Uttar Kanakpur

Of every 100 households in Uttar Kanakpur in 2011, 59 had electricity, 82 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 57 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Uttar Kanakpur · ■ Bongaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****59%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****82%**

**78%

No toilet (open defecation) ****4%**

**19%

Tap water ****8%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****84%**

**56%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**92%

Use banking services ****54%**

**38%

Television ****33%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****57%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**5%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****11%**

**22%

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 Uttar Kanakpur?

■ Uttar Kanakpur · ■ Bongaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.8%**

**79.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****956**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****946**

**962

Working population ****55.3%**

**36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.9% for men and 80.4% for women. 71% of men and 39% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 118 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 93 (19%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 92 (19%) · **■** Marginal 188 (38%)

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

- Kuchiamora975 people
- Raghunathpur963 people
- Sabhaipur Chak918 people
- Chatrabagi910 people
- Chitrangapur875 people
- Mathurapur840 people
- Kulpukuria833 people
- Uttar Sundarpur796 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 Uttar Kanakpur?898 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Uttar Kanakpur in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Bongaon sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Uttar Kanakpur?86.8% (Census 2011)