# Kanali Village, Purulia - I, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Purulia - I, Puruliya 

# Kanali

Kanali is a village in Purulia - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,129 people in 199 households**, the 47th largest of 105 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.6%.

- 1,129people (2011)
- 199households
- 71.8%literacy
- 897females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kanali

Of every 100 households in Kanali in 2011, 55 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kanali · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****55%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**8%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**84%

Use banking services ****47%**

**44%

Television ****16%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

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

**1%

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

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Kanali?

■ Kanali · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.8%**

**64.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****897**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****747**

**934

Working population ****43.9%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.3% for men and 58.2% for women. 54% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 35 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 25 (5%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 41 (8%) · **■** Marginal 388 (78%)

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 Purulia - I

- Bhadsa1,183 people
- Gobindpur1,174 people
- Satar1,157 people
- Amchuria1,151 people
- Ketuabera1,121 people
- Patamputra1,110 people
- Buridi1,099 people
- Amandi1,058 people

[All 114 villages in Purulia - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/purulia-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kanali?1,129 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanali in?Puruliya district (Purulia - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kanali?71.8% (Census 2011)