# Kahankia Village, Gaighata – Population & Literacy

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Village · Gaighata, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Kahankia

Kahankia is a village in Gaighata sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,391 people in 589 households**, the 44th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 81.4%.

- 2,391people (2011)
- 589households
- 86.6%literacy
- 934females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kahankia

Of every 100 households in Kahankia in 2011, 52 had electricity, 98 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 59 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kahankia · ■ Gaighata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****52%**

**59%

Toilet within the home ****98%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****1%**

**3%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****21%**

**46%

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

**6%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****47%**

**47%

Television ****31%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****59%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****10%**

**17%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Kahankia?

■ Kahankia · ■ Gaighata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.6%**

**81.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****934**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1157**

**965

Working population ****34.7%**

**37.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.7% for men and 83.2% for women. 61% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 377 (45%) · **■** Farm labourers 266 (32%) · **■** Household industry 14 (2%) · **■** Other work 108 (13%) · **■** Marginal 65 (8%)

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 Gaighata

- Ganti2,775 people
- Tengra2,654 people
- Gazipur2,653 people
- Charuigachhi2,548 people
- Gadadharpur2,380 people
- Tili2,357 people
- Shripur2,302 people
- Jaytara2,228 people

[All 100 villages in Gaighata](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/gaighata/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kahankia?2,391 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kahankia in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Gaighata sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kahankia?86.6% (Census 2011)