# Kankandighi Village, Mathurapur - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Mathurapur - II, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Kankandighi

Kankandighi is a village in Mathurapur - II sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **12,900 people in 2,848 households**, the 6th largest of 27 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 77.8%.

- 12,900people (2011)
- 2,848households
- 76.6%literacy
- 937females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kankandighi

Of every 100 households in Kankandighi in 2011, 7 had electricity, 32 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kankandighi · ■ Mathurapur - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****7%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****32%**

**55%

No toilet (open defecation) ****67%**

**43%

Tap water ****5%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**2%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**94%

Use banking services ****8%**

**27%

Television ****4%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****62%**

**34%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Kankandighi?

■ Kankandighi · ■ Mathurapur - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.6%**

**77.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****937**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****943**

**949

Working population ****35.2%**

**36.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.8% for men and 67.8% for women. 56% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 936 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,151 (25%) · **■** Household industry 56 (1%) · **■** Other work 554 (12%) · **■** Marginal 1,850 (41%)

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 Mathurapur - II

- Khari21,900 people
- Raydighi Abad20,467 people
- Kumarapara17,682 people
- Dighirpar Bakultala14,080 people
- Uttar Kashinagar12,231 people
- Kautala11,725 people
- Radhakantapur Abad8,442 people
- Baribhanga Abad6,773 people

[All 27 villages in Mathurapur - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/mathurapur-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kankandighi?12,900 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kankandighi in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Mathurapur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kankandighi?76.6% (Census 2011)