Village · Magrahat - I, South Twenty Four Parganas
# Kanpur

Kanpur is a village in Magrahat - I sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 2,839 people in 580 households, the 30th largest of 78 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 74.0%.
- 2,839 people (2011)
- 580 households
- 77.7% literacy
- 970 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kanpur

Of every 100 households in Kanpur in 2011, 53 had electricity, 44 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kanpur · ■ Magrahat - I rural average
- Electricity for lighting 53% 53%
- Toilet within the home 44% 46%
- No toilet (open defecation) 56% 51%
- Tap water 0% 5%
- Drinking water within premises 0% 2%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 2% 3%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 60% 94%
- Use banking services 21% 33%
- Television 21% 26%
- Mobile phone 38% 40%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 2% 2%
- Car / jeep / van 2% 2%
- None of these assets 46% 38%
- Own their home 99% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Kanpur?

■ Kanpur · ■ Magrahat - I rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 77.7% 74.0%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 970 954
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 875 983
- Working population 43.7% 32.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.8% for men and 71.5% for women. 60% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 32 (3%) · ■ Farm labourers 134 (11%) · ■ Household industry 34 (3%) · ■ Other work 394 (32%) · ■ Marginal 647 (52%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Magrahat - I
- Chkdaha 2,991 people
- Maheswara 2,966 people
- Raja Rampur 2,878 people
- Rajballabhpur 2,862 people
- Chak Haturia 2,778 people
- Ektara 2,604 people
- Malaya 2,557 people
- Jalghara 2,545 people

All 81 villages in Magrahat - I

## Other places named Kanpur
- Kanpur · Sub-district, Kanpur Nagar · 3,470,334 people
- Kanpur · Town, Kanpur Nagar · 2,768,057 people
- Kanpur · Town, Kanpur Nagar · 108,534 people
- Kanpur · Sub-district, Cuttack · 59,577 people
- Kanpur · Village, Ghoghamba, Panch Mahals · 8,763 people
- Kanpur · Town, Haora · 6,069 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Kanpur? 2,839 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanpur in? South Twenty Four Parganas district (Magrahat - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kanpur? 77.7% (Census 2011)

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