# Kanchanpur Village, Kharagpur - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Kharagpur - II, Paschim Medinipur 

# Kanchanpur

Kanchanpur is a village in Kharagpur - II sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **344 people in 92 households**, the 167th largest of 330 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 76.1%.

- 344people (2011)
- 92households
- 77.0%literacy
- 890females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kanchanpur

Of every 100 households in Kanchanpur in 2011, 59 had electricity, 57 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kanchanpur · ■ Kharagpur - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****59%**

**46%

Toilet within the home ****57%**

**49%

No toilet (open defecation) ****43%**

**50%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****19%**

**26%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**94%

Use banking services ****7%**

**42%

Television ****19%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****19%**

**26%

Own their home ****87%**

**97%

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 · ■ Kharagpur - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.0%**

**76.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****890**

**982

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****571**

**970

Working population ****31.7%**

**43.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.8% for men and 69.9% for women. 55% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 4 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 13 (12%) · **■** Marginal 91 (83%)

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 Kharagpur - II

- Kalua360 people
- Bar Hindu357 people
- Jhilingabatitaki355 people
- Barghasiram354 people
- Rathikulgerya341 people
- Chak Dandi340 people
- Paisiti339 people
- Shalika338 people

[All 353 villages in Kharagpur - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/kharagpur-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kanchanpur?344 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanchanpur in?Paschim Medinipur district (Kharagpur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kanchanpur?77.0% (Census 2011)