# Kanya Duba Village, Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur 

# Kanya Duba

Kanya Duba is a village in Jhargram sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **389 people in 84 households**, the 156th largest of 489 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 72.2%.

- 389people (2011)
- 84households
- 59.9%literacy
- 1,037females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kanya Duba

Of every 100 households in Kanya Duba in 2011, 85 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 18 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 21 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kanya Duba · ■ Jhargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****85%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****24%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****76%**

**86%

Tap water ****2%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****64%**

**30%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****18%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****76%**

**97%

Use banking services ****75%**

**34%

Television ****42%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****21%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****2%**

**17%

Own their home ****36%**

**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 Kanya Duba?

■ Kanya Duba · ■ Jhargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.9%**

**72.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1037**

**979

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1133**

**979

Working population ****47.3%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.6% for men and 52.5% for women. 56% of men and 39% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 9 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (2%) · **■** Household industry 9 (5%) · **■** Other work 35 (19%) · **■** Marginal 127 (69%)

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 Jhargram

- Dhengam407 people
- Pindra398 people
- Shugnibasa397 people
- Uttara395 people
- Khasjangal389 people
- Balad Duba388 people
- Sirsi383 people
- Jamsol381 people

[All 604 villages in Jhargram](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/jhargram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kanya Duba?389 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanya Duba in?Paschim Medinipur district (Jhargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kanya Duba?59.9% (Census 2011)