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

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Village · Ghatal, Paschim Medinipur 

# Kanchiya

Kanchiya is a village in Ghatal sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **449 people in 103 households**, the 118th largest of 139 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 92.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 81.1%.

- 449people (2011)
- 103households
- 92.5%literacy
- 961females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kanchiya

Of every 100 households in Kanchiya in 2011, 0 had electricity, 52 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kanchiya · ■ Ghatal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**57%

Toilet within the home ****52%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****48%**

**49%

Tap water ****100%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**13%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**93%

Use banking services ****31%**

**37%

Television ****19%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**22%

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 Kanchiya?

■ Kanchiya · ■ Ghatal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****92.5%**

**81.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****961**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****762**

**959

Working population ****37.0%**

**39.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.6% for men and 88.2% for women. 64% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 66 (40%) · **■** Farm labourers 55 (33%) · **■** Other work 42 (25%) · **■** Marginal 3 (2%)

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

- Nishchindipur475 people
- Kunarsaha468 people
- Rahatpur455 people
- Mohanchak450 people
- Malancha447 people
- Singhachak445 people
- Ramchandrapur421 people
- Harinageria390 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kanchiya?449 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanchiya in?Paschim Medinipur district (Ghatal sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kanchiya?92.5% (Census 2011)