# Kanakpur Village, Potashpur - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Potashpur - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Kanakpur

Kanakpur is a village in Potashpur - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,686 people in 661 households**, the 13th largest of 136 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 86.3%.

- 2,686people (2011)
- 661households
- 76.8%literacy
- 951females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kanakpur

Of every 100 households in Kanakpur in 2011, 36 had electricity, 72 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 17 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kanakpur · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**39%

Toilet within the home ****72%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****28%**

**4%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****18%**

**18%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**95%

Use banking services ****54%**

**46%

Television ****6%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****17%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****52%**

**30%

Own their home ****93%**

**98%

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 Kanakpur?

■ Kanakpur · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.8%**

**86.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****951**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****913**

**932

Working population ****40.3%**

**42.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.6% for men and 68.6% for women. 59% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 308 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 263 (24%) · **■** Household industry 40 (4%) · **■** Other work 121 (11%) · **■** Marginal 351 (32%)

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 Potashpur - I

- Sahapur3,093 people
- Chistipur3,019 people
- Golara Nij3,001 people
- Barahat2,781 people
- Dhankar2,667 people
- Barui Pur2,618 people
- Teparpara2,505 people
- Shyam Khola2,497 people

[All 139 villages in Potashpur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/potashpur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kanakpur?2,686 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanakpur in?Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kanakpur?76.8% (Census 2011)