# Kanchanpur Village, Contai - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/contai-i/kanchanpur/

Village · Contai - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Kanchanpur

Kanchanpur is a village in Contai - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **141 people in 31 households**, the 205th largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 89.3%.

- 141people (2011)
- 31households
- 86.8%literacy
- 932females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kanchanpur

Of every 100 households in Kanchanpur in 2011, 10 had electricity, 97 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Kanchanpur · ■ Contai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****10%**

**51%

Toilet within the home ****97%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****3%**

**5%

Tap water ****3%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**15%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**91%

Use banking services ****29%**

**43%

Television ****6%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****23%**

**25%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

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 · ■ Contai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.8%**

**89.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****932**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****2000**

**956

Working population ****65.2%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.2% for men and 78.3% for women. 71% of men and 59% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 2 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (1%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 34 (37%) · **■** Marginal 54 (59%)

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 Contai - I

- Enayet Chak161 people
- Narayanpur160 people
- Chhota Ektarpur152 people
- Satberia152 people
- Dakshin Khasda133 people
- Chandia Haibatbar114 people
- Paschim Teghari114 people
- Takia Haripurkhal113 people

[All 225 villages in Contai - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/contai-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kanchanpur?141 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanchanpur in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kanchanpur?86.8% (Census 2011)