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Kanchra Population - Barddhaman, West Bengal

Kanchra is a large village located in Ketugram - I Block of Barddhaman district, West Bengal with total 537 families residing. The Kanchra village has population of 2478 of which 1283 are males while 1195 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kanchra village population of children with age 0-6 is 384 which makes up 15.50 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kanchra village is 931 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kanchra as per census is 990, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Kanchra village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kanchra village was 54.97 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kanchra Male literacy stands at 54.40 % while female literacy rate was 55.58 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Kanchra 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 Kanchra village.

Kanchra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 537 - -
Population 2,478 1,283 1,195
Child (0-6) 384 193 191
Schedule Caste 162 78 84
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 54.97 % 54.40 % 55.58 %
Total Workers 750 736 14
Main Worker 681 - -
Marginal Worker 69 66 3

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 6.54 % of total population in Kanchra village. The village Kanchra currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kanchra village out of total population, 750 were engaged in work activities. 90.80 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 9.20 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 750 workers engaged in Main Work, 157 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 501 were Agricultural labourer.