# Kancheshwar Village, Contai - III – Population & Literacy

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Village · Contai - III, Purba Medinipur 

# Kancheshwar

Kancheshwar is a village in Contai - III sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **525 people in 115 households**, the 109th largest of 166 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 91.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 89.9%.

- 525people (2011)
- 115households
- 91.1%literacy
- 895females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kancheshwar

Of every 100 households in Kancheshwar in 2011, 48 had electricity, 97 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kancheshwar · ■ Contai - III rural average

Electricity for lighting ****48%**

**40%

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

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****2%**

**4%

Tap water ****100%**

**20%

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

**2%

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

**2%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****16%**

**42%

Television ****13%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**27%

Own their home ****97%**

**94%

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 Kancheshwar?

■ Kancheshwar · ■ Contai - III rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****91.1%**

**89.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****895**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****667**

**948

Working population ****40.0%**

**41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.6% for men and 85.1% for women. 56% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 42 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 41 (20%) · **■** Household industry 6 (3%) · **■** Other work 73 (35%) · **■** Marginal 48 (23%)

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 - III

- Karaldanij Karalda535 people
- Uttar Rampur534 people
- Chandbaria529 people
- Kashmili526 people
- Siankabai524 people
- Ku Kurmari509 people
- Sonakandi509 people
- Tatkapur506 people

[All 166 villages in Contai - III](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/contai-iii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kancheshwar?525 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kancheshwar in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - III sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kancheshwar?91.1% (Census 2011)