# Kanpur Village, Potashpur - II, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Potashpur - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Kanpur

Kanpur is a village in Potashpur - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,083 people in 495 households**, the 25th largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 92.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.5%.

- 2,083people (2011)
- 495households
- 92.7%literacy
- 916females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kanpur

Of every 100 households in Kanpur in 2011, 59 had electricity, 87 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kanpur · ■ Potashpur - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****59%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****87%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****12%**

**5%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**24%

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

**1%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****74%**

**36%

Television ****17%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**21%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Kanpur?

■ Kanpur · ■ Potashpur - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****92.7%**

**86.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****916**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****765**

**943

Working population ****34.2%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 98.1% for men and 87.0% for women. 62% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 31 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 16 (2%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 68 (10%) · **■** Marginal 595 (83%)

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 - II

- Argoal2,377 people
- Phajelpur2,239 people
- Bara Konyarda2,182 people
- Bamunda2,109 people
- Kshetrapal1,966 people
- Kalyanpur1,929 people
- Bhairabdanri1,890 people
- Chandanpur1,870 people

[All 151 villages in Potashpur - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/potashpur-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kanpur?2,083 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanpur in?Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kanpur?92.7% (Census 2011)