# Kanaikati Village, Hingalganj – Population & Literacy

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Village · Hingalganj, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Kanaikati

Kanaikati is a village in Hingalganj sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,622 people in 753 households**, the 26th largest of 42 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 78.1%.

- 2,622people (2011)
- 753households
- 80.3%literacy
- 963females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kanaikati

Of every 100 households in Kanaikati in 2011, 2 had electricity, 85 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kanaikati · ■ Hingalganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**10%

Toilet within the home ****85%**

**75%

No toilet (open defecation) ****13%**

**22%

Tap water ****22%**

**26%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**2%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**96%

Use banking services ****41%**

**34%

Television ****7%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**1%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****67%**

**54%

Own their home ****98%**

**98%

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 Kanaikati?

■ Kanaikati · ■ Hingalganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.3%**

**78.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****963**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1058**

**974

Working population ****41.2%**

**42.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.5% for men and 71.6% for women. 60% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 79 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 267 (25%) · **■** Household industry 20 (2%) · **■** Other work 82 (8%) · **■** Marginal 631 (58%)

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 Hingalganj

- Purbba Khejurbaria2,875 people
- Ambaria2,749 people
- Pukuriachak2,745 people
- Lebukhali2,677 people
- Deuli2,549 people
- Dharam Baria2,429 people
- Chhota Sahebkhali2,183 people
- Kumirmari2,100 people

[All 42 villages in Hingalganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/hingalganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kanaikati?2,622 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanaikati in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Hingalganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kanaikati?80.3% (Census 2011)