# Kanchanpur Village, Purulia - II, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Purulia - II, Puruliya 

# Kanchanpur

Kanchanpur is a village in Purulia - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **274 people in 58 households**, the 97th largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.5%.

- 274people (2011)
- 58households
- 72.0%literacy
- 791females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kanchanpur

Of every 100 households in Kanchanpur in 2011, 14 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kanchanpur · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****14%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**6%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**84%

Use banking services ****28%**

**41%

Television ****7%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****19%**

**25%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Kanchanpur?

■ Kanchanpur · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.0%**

**63.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****791**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****591**

**966

Working population ****28.1%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.5% for men and 55.6% for women. 49% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

****

**■** Other work 5 (6%) · **■** Marginal 72 (94%)

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 - II

- Amjora393 people
- Baryadi344 people
- Makrabera302 people
- Chamrubera291 people
- Lakhanpur274 people
- Kalapathar217 people
- Chitarpoka23 people
- Baghudi17 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kanchanpur?274 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanchanpur in?Puruliya district (Purulia - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kanchanpur?72.0% (Census 2011)