# Kanakpur Village, Debra, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Debra, Paschim Medinipur 

# Kanakpur

Kanakpur is a village in Debra sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **904 people in 215 households**, the 85th largest of 460 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 81.8%.

- 904people (2011)
- 215households
- 71.2%literacy
- 919females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kanakpur

Of every 100 households in Kanakpur in 2011, 28 had electricity, 46 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kanakpur · ■ Debra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**48%

Toilet within the home ****46%**

**63%

No toilet (open defecation) ****53%**

**34%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**20%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**95%

Use banking services ****18%**

**50%

Television ****8%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****40%**

**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 Kanakpur?

■ Kanakpur · ■ Debra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.2%**

**81.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****919**

**980

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****881**

**988

Working population ****34.5%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.6% for men and 61.2% for women. 59% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 80 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 152 (49%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 65 (21%) · **■** Marginal 13 (4%)

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

- Chak Asraf935 people
- Dwarpara927 people
- Barunya926 people
- Chandramer906 people
- Chak Narsingha901 people
- Hadira888 people
- Gar Nischintapur886 people
- Bakalsa Ramgopal885 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kanakpur?904 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanakpur in?Paschim Medinipur district (Debra sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kanakpur?71.2% (Census 2011)