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Kanknal Population - Barddhaman, West Bengal

Kanknal is a medium size village located in Purbasthali - II Block of Barddhaman district, West Bengal with total 263 families residing. The Kanknal village has population of 1062 of which 539 are males while 523 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kanknal village population of children with age 0-6 is 83 which makes up 7.82 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kanknal village is 970 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kanknal as per census is 804, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Kanknal village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kanknal village was 86.82 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kanknal Male literacy stands at 92.70 % while female literacy rate was 80.86 %.

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

Kanknal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 263 - -
Population 1,062 539 523
Child (0-6) 83 46 37
Schedule Caste 387 208 179
Schedule Tribe 45 24 21
Literacy 86.82 % 92.70 % 80.86 %
Total Workers 429 320 109
Main Worker 337 - -
Marginal Worker 92 54 38

Caste Factor

In Kanknal village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 36.44 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 4.24 % of total population in Kanknal village.

Work Profile

In Kanknal village out of total population, 429 were engaged in work activities. 78.55 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 21.45 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 429 workers engaged in Main Work, 93 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 67 were Agricultural labourer.