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Kanua Population - Maldah, West Bengal

Kanua is a medium size village located in Chanchal - I Block of Maldah district, West Bengal with total 456 families residing. The Kanua village has population of 1863 of which 908 are males while 955 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kanua village population of children with age 0-6 is 236 which makes up 12.67 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kanua village is 1052 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kanua as per census is 888, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Kanua village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kanua village was 63.31 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kanua Male literacy stands at 67.05 % while female literacy rate was 59.83 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Kanua village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Kanua village.

Kanua Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 456 - -
Population 1,863 908 955
Child (0-6) 236 125 111
Schedule Caste 300 163 137
Schedule Tribe 1 0 1
Literacy 63.31 % 67.05 % 59.83 %
Total Workers 700 515 185
Main Worker 488 - -
Marginal Worker 212 130 82

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 16.10 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.05 % of total population in Kanua village.

Work Profile

In Kanua village out of total population, 700 were engaged in work activities. 69.71 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 30.29 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 700 workers engaged in Main Work, 180 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 215 were Agricultural labourer.