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

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Village · Ghatal, Paschim Medinipur 

# Kanakpur

Kanakpur is a village in Ghatal sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **524 people in 117 households**, the 109th largest of 139 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 81.1%.

- 524people (2011)
- 117households
- 90.4%literacy
- 926females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kanakpur

Of every 100 households in Kanakpur in 2011, 91 had electricity, 65 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kanakpur · ■ Ghatal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****91%**

**57%

Toilet within the home ****65%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****35%**

**49%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**13%

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

**4%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****10%**

**37%

Television ****30%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****15%**

**22%

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 · ■ Ghatal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****90.4%**

**81.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****926**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****931**

**959

Working population ****33.8%**

**39.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.7% for men and 85.8% for women. 56% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 62 (35%) · **■** Farm labourers 90 (51%) · **■** Household industry 5 (3%) · **■** Other work 14 (8%) · **■** Marginal 6 (3%)

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 Ghatal

- Bar Gobinda590 people
- Udayganj586 people
- Dewanchak536 people
- Dubrajkundu524 people
- Radha Ballabhpur515 people
- Kamargeria497 people
- Hemnagar495 people
- Thabapur481 people

[All 145 villages in Ghatal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/ghatal/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kanakpur?524 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanakpur in?Paschim Medinipur district (Ghatal sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kanakpur?90.4% (Census 2011)