# Kanchanpur Village, Nanda Kumar, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Nanda Kumar, Purba Medinipur 

# Kanchanpur

Kanchanpur is a village in Nanda Kumar sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,928 people in 414 households**, the 45th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 91.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 85.6%.

- 1,928people (2011)
- 414households
- 91.3%literacy
- 920females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kanchanpur

Of every 100 households in Kanchanpur in 2011, 47 had electricity, 84 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kanchanpur · ■ Nanda Kumar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****47%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****84%**

**80%

No toilet (open defecation) ****16%**

**17%

Tap water ****34%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**5%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**89%

Use banking services ****58%**

**39%

Television ****21%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**34%

Own their home ****99%**

**95%

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 · ■ Nanda Kumar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****91.3%**

**85.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****920**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****703**

**940

Working population ****36.3%**

**39.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.3% for men and 87.1% for women. 61% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 211 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 138 (20%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 268 (38%) · **■** Marginal 82 (12%)

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 Nanda Kumar

- Babalpur2,034 people
- Kolsar2,026 people
- Bakhrabad2,001 people
- Sibdattapur1,973 people
- Mahadadhipur1,831 people
- Uttar Rautori1,804 people
- Hariharpur1,773 people
- Hatgechhe Dakshin1,768 people

[All 101 villages in Nanda Kumar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/nanda-kumar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kanchanpur?1,928 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanchanpur in?Purba Medinipur district (Nanda Kumar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kanchanpur?91.3% (Census 2011)