# Kankjal Purba Village, Diamond Harbour - II – Population

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Village · Diamond Harbour - II, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Kankjal Purba

Kankjal Purba is a village in Diamond Harbour - II sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **931 people in 220 households**, the 73rd largest of 89 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 77.2%.

- 931people (2011)
- 220households
- 77.9%literacy
- 1,033females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kankjal Purba

Of every 100 households in Kankjal Purba in 2011, 51 had electricity, 29 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kankjal Purba · ■ Diamond Harbour - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****51%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****29%**

**56%

No toilet (open defecation) ****69%**

**41%

Tap water ****1%**

**5%

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

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**84%

Use banking services ****29%**

**42%

Television ****27%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**42%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****53%**

**37%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

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 Kankjal Purba?

■ Kankjal Purba · ■ Diamond Harbour - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.9%**

**77.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1033**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****884**

**937

Working population ****30.3%**

**36.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.6% for men and 69.7% for women. 53% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 11 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 41 (15%) · **■** Household industry 9 (3%) · **■** Other work 121 (43%) · **■** Marginal 100 (35%)

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 Diamond Harbour - II

- Birpara979 people
- Cheora963 people
- Gagankalia937 people
- Barada932 people
- Kultikri910 people
- Jhaudari908 people
- Rekha856 people
- Kushbaria821 people

[All 91 villages in Diamond Harbour - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/diamond-harbour-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kankjal Purba?931 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kankjal Purba in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Diamond Harbour - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kankjal Purba?77.9% (Census 2011)