Village · Kolaghat, Purba Medinipur
# Kanai Chak

Kanai Chak is a village in Kolaghat sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 1,964 people in 383 households, the 49th largest of 106 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 84.5%.
- 1,964 people (2011)
- 383 households
- 88.9% literacy
- 881 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kanai Chak

Of every 100 households in Kanai Chak in 2011, 62 had electricity, 84 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 72 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kanai Chak · ■ Kolaghat rural average
- Electricity for lighting 62% 61%
- Toilet within the home 84% 76%
- No toilet (open defecation) 16% 19%
- Tap water 0% 4%
- Drinking water within premises 3% 7%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 4%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 90%
- Use banking services 73% 44%
- Television 38% 31%
- Mobile phone 72% 50%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 8% 7%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 7% 17%
- Own their home 100% 97%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Kanai Chak?

■ Kanai Chak · ■ Kolaghat rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 88.9% 84.5%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 881 928
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 848 942
- Working population 41.4% 38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.5% for men and 81.3% for women. 64% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 347 (43%) · ■ Farm labourers 151 (19%) · ■ Household industry 12 (1%) · ■ Other work 219 (27%) · ■ Marginal 85 (10%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Kolaghat
- Bordangi 2,222 people
- Kashigori 2,186 people
- Jashar 2,032 people
- Durbachati 1,968 people
- Kunarhat 1,933 people
- Dhuliara 1,899 people
- Kayadangi 1,874 people
- Gopal Nagar 1,860 people

All 109 villages in Kolaghat

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Kanai Chak? 1,964 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanai Chak in? Purba Medinipur district (Kolaghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kanai Chak? 88.9% (Census 2011)

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