# Kanch Gerya Village, Keshpur, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Keshpur, Paschim Medinipur 

# Kanch Gerya

Kanch Gerya is a village in Keshpur sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **669 people in 134 households**, the 168th largest of 570 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.9%.

- 669people (2011)
- 134households
- 81.0%literacy
- 901females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kanch Gerya

Of every 100 households in Kanch Gerya in 2011, 65 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 65 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kanch Gerya · ■ Keshpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****65%**

**69%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**42%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**56%

Tap water ****100%**

**21%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**10%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****76%**

**58%

Television ****12%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****65%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**18%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Kanch Gerya?

■ Kanch Gerya · ■ Keshpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.0%**

**77.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****901**

**955

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****739**

**960

Working population ****36.0%**

**38.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.6% for men and 74.9% for women. 60% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 69 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 112 (46%) · **■** Other work 9 (4%) · **■** Marginal 51 (21%)

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 Keshpur

- Damgerya699 people
- Uttar Kenosa689 people
- Mukunda Pur678 people
- Ferura674 people
- Brahman Gram659 people
- Kaigerya657 people
- Goharia654 people
- Raipur652 people

[All 634 villages in Keshpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/keshpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kanch Gerya?669 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanch Gerya in?Paschim Medinipur district (Keshpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kanch Gerya?81.0% (Census 2011)