# Kanchichak Village, Moyna, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Moyna, Purba Medinipur 

# Kanchichak

Kanchichak is a village in Moyna sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,728 people in 429 households**, the 48th largest of 85 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 93.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.4%.

- 1,728people (2011)
- 429households
- 93.6%literacy
- 926females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kanchichak

Of every 100 households in Kanchichak in 2011, 26 had electricity, 96 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kanchichak · ■ Moyna rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****96%**

**77%

No toilet (open defecation) ****4%**

**18%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**6%

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

**1%

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

**89%

Use banking services ****18%**

**31%

Television ****9%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**32%

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 Kanchichak?

■ Kanchichak · ■ Moyna rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****93.6%**

**86.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****926**

**923

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****857**

**940

Working population ****39.8%**

**38.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.6% for men and 90.3% for women. 59% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 52 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 349 (51%) · **■** Household industry 44 (6%) · **■** Other work 65 (9%) · **■** Marginal 177 (26%)

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 Moyna

- Laluageria1,921 people
- Kunar Chak1,856 people
- Mirja Nagar1,852 people
- Khidirpur1,813 people
- Mudibar1,691 people
- Baruna1,689 people
- Mathuri Chak1,646 people
- Raghunath Chak1,637 people

[All 85 villages in Moyna](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/moyna/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kanchichak?1,728 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanchichak in?Purba Medinipur district (Moyna sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kanchichak?93.6% (Census 2011)