# Kanchan Nagar Village, Nandigram - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Nandigram - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Kanchan Nagar

Kanchan Nagar is a village in Nandigram - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,919 people in 833 households**, the 15th largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 84.8%.

- 3,919people (2011)
- 833households
- 89.8%literacy
- 913females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kanchan Nagar

Of every 100 households in Kanchan Nagar in 2011, 23 had electricity, 74 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kanchan Nagar · ■ Nandigram - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****23%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****74%**

**86%

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

**11%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

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

**2%

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

**1%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****25%**

**31%

Television ****9%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****49%**

**32%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Kanchan Nagar?

■ Kanchan Nagar · ■ Nandigram - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.8%**

**84.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****913**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****801**

**922

Working population ****34.4%**

**31.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.0% for men and 87.4% for women. 54% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 10 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 101 (7%) · **■** Household industry 22 (2%) · **■** Other work 214 (16%) · **■** Marginal 1,003 (74%)

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

- Haripur4,400 people
- Gar Chakra Berya4,274 people
- Naynan4,227 people
- Dinabandhupur3,999 people
- Simul Kundu3,661 people
- Bhekutya3,352 people
- Gadai Balbar3,327 people
- Debipur3,298 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 Kanchan Nagar?3,919 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanchan Nagar in?Purba Medinipur district (Nandigram - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kanchan Nagar?89.8% (Census 2011)