# Kanki Village, Goalpokhar - II, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Goalpokhar - II, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Kanki

Kanki is a village in Goalpokhar - II sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,587 people in 321 households**, the 71st largest of 169 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 46.1%.

- 1,587people (2011)
- 321households
- 78.7%literacy
- 959females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kanki

Of every 100 households in Kanki in 2011, 67 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kanki · ■ Goalpokhar - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****67%**

**33%

Toilet within the home ****24%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****76%**

**81%

Tap water ****1%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****50%**

**51%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****49%**

**92%

Use banking services ****14%**

**17%

Television ****15%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****56%**

**31%

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 Kanki?

■ Kanki · ■ Goalpokhar - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.7%**

**46.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****959**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1017**

**958

Working population ****37.8%**

**31.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.7% for men and 73.4% for women. 50% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 122 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 142 (24%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 127 (21%) · **■** Marginal 208 (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 Goalpokhar - II

- Jalsua1,615 people
- Satmeri1,612 people
- Dala1,596 people
- Sukhar1,593 people
- Suhia1,559 people
- Lohagara1,533 people
- Pachim Lahil1,487 people
- Saur1,483 people

[All 170 villages in Goalpokhar - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/goalpokhar-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kanki?1,587 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanki in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Goalpokhar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kanki?78.7% (Census 2011)