# Kanchanpur Village, Keshiary, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Keshiary, Paschim Medinipur 

# Kanchanpur

Kanchanpur is a village in Keshiary sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,232 people in 291 households**, the 32nd largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 76.8%.

- 1,232people (2011)
- 291households
- 76.1%literacy
- 987females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kanchanpur

Of every 100 households in Kanchanpur in 2011, 43 had electricity, 66 a toilet at home and 14 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kanchanpur · ■ Keshiary rural average

Electricity for lighting ****43%**

**35%

Toilet within the home ****66%**

**32%

No toilet (open defecation) ****34%**

**67%

Tap water ****100%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**20%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****14%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****57%**

**93%

Use banking services ****36%**

**41%

Television ****26%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****34%**

**24%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Kanchanpur?

■ Kanchanpur · ■ Keshiary rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.1%**

**76.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****987**

**974

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****939**

**955

Working population ****35.3%**

**45.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.3% for men and 71.8% for women. 54% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 29 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 36 (8%) · **■** Household industry 17 (4%) · **■** Other work 171 (39%) · **■** Marginal 182 (42%)

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 Keshiary

- Kan Pur1,359 people
- Amgerya1,335 people
- Napo1,316 people
- Dakshinadiha1,304 people
- Jatikrishnapur1,229 people
- Beniadiha1,202 people
- Gobra Gerya1,177 people
- Kusumppur1,174 people

[All 220 villages in Keshiary](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/keshiary/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kanchanpur?1,232 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanchanpur in?Paschim Medinipur district (Keshiary sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kanchanpur?76.1% (Census 2011)