# Kanara Village, Puncha, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Puncha, Puruliya 

# Kanara

Kanara is a village in Puncha sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,836 people in 377 households**, the 26th largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 1,836people (2011)
- 377households
- 65.0%literacy
- 962females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kanara

Of every 100 households in Kanara in 2011, 21 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kanara · ■ Puncha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****21%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**5%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**88%

Use banking services ****30%**

**34%

Television ****13%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**26%

Own their home ****99%**

**99%

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 Kanara?

■ Kanara · ■ Puncha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.0%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****962**

**976

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1099**

**969

Working population ****51.5%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.3% for men and 51.0% for women. 61% of men and 42% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 226 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 246 (26%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 155 (16%) · **■** Marginal 313 (33%)

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 Puncha

- Dhadki1,944 people
- Palma1,925 people
- Laharia1,883 people
- Panrui1,855 people
- Maheshpur1,821 people
- Pakbirra1,754 people
- Delang1,739 people
- Hariharpur1,660 people

[All 109 villages in Puncha](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/puncha/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kanara?1,836 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanara in?Puruliya district (Puncha sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kanara?65.0% (Census 2011)