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Kankania Population - Maldah, West Bengal

Kankania is a medium size village located in Harischandrapur - II Block of Maldah district, West Bengal with total 185 families residing. The Kankania village has population of 1002 of which 523 are males while 479 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kankania village population of children with age 0-6 is 150 which makes up 14.97 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kankania village is 916 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kankania as per census is 1206, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Kankania village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kankania village was 57.51 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kankania Male literacy stands at 65.05 % while female literacy rate was 48.87 %.

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

Kankania Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 185 - -
Population 1,002 523 479
Child (0-6) 150 68 82
Schedule Caste 323 177 146
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 57.51 % 65.05 % 48.87 %
Total Workers 326 238 88
Main Worker 165 - -
Marginal Worker 161 81 80

Caste Factor

Kankania village of Maldah has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 32.24 % of total population in Kankania village. The village Kankania currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kankania village out of total population, 326 were engaged in work activities. 50.61 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 49.39 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 326 workers engaged in Main Work, 50 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 92 were Agricultural labourer.