# Chak Kanu Village, Debra, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Debra, Paschim Medinipur 

# Chak Kanu

Chak Kanu is a village in Debra sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **713 people in 167 households**, the 129th largest of 460 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 81.8%.

- 713people (2011)
- 167households
- 74.8%literacy
- 970females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chak Kanu

Of every 100 households in Chak Kanu in 2011, 5 had electricity, 57 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chak Kanu · ■ Debra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****5%**

**48%

Toilet within the home ****57%**

**63%

No toilet (open defecation) ****43%**

**34%

Tap water ****19%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**20%

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

**3%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****32%**

**50%

Television ****10%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**18%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Chak Kanu?

■ Chak Kanu · ■ Debra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.8%**

**81.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****970**

**980

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1129**

**988

Working population ****46.3%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.8% for men and 66.5% for women. 61% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 74 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 121 (37%) · **■** Household industry 92 (28%) · **■** Other work 16 (5%) · **■** Marginal 27 (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 Debra

- Mukteshwar733 people
- Madhyam Satkona720 people
- Asanpur717 people
- Mainan717 people
- Bar Jhikuria708 people
- Kumarpur706 people
- Ashariband704 people
- Naraharipur696 people

[All 477 villages in Debra](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/debra/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chak Kanu?713 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chak Kanu in?Paschim Medinipur district (Debra sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chak Kanu?74.8% (Census 2011)