# Kanango Chak Village, Nandigram - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Nandigram - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Kanango Chak

Kanango Chak is a village in Nandigram - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,603 people in 293 households**, the 46th largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 97.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 84.8%.

- 1,603people (2011)
- 293households
- 97.1%literacy
- 870females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kanango Chak

Of every 100 households in Kanango Chak in 2011, 31 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 56 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kanango Chak · ■ Nandigram - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****31%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****99%**

**86%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**11%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

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

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**92%

Use banking services ****63%**

**31%

Television ****18%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****56%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**32%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Kanango Chak?

■ Kanango Chak · ■ Nandigram - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****97.1%**

**84.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****870**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1143**

**922

Working population ****32.3%**

**31.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 98.1% for men and 95.9% for women. 58% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 2 (0%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 50 (10%) · **■** Marginal 463 (89%)

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 Nandigram - I

- Parul Bari1,718 people
- Banasri Gauri1,696 people
- Chandan Nagar1,670 people
- Dijamtalya1,660 people
- Saudikhali Jalpai1,516 people
- Maheshpur1,514 people
- Sonachura Jalpai1,382 people
- Manu Chak1,373 people

[All 98 villages in Nandigram - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/nandigram-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kanango Chak?1,603 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanango Chak in?Purba Medinipur district (Nandigram - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kanango Chak?97.1% (Census 2011)