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Kankot Population - Maldah, West Bengal

Kankot is a large village located in Ratua - I Block of Maldah district, West Bengal with total 1325 families residing. The Kankot village has population of 6491 of which 3301 are males while 3190 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kankot village population of children with age 0-6 is 1312 which makes up 20.21 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kankot village is 966 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kankot as per census is 1044, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Kankot village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kankot village was 49.14 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kankot Male literacy stands at 46.63 % while female literacy rate was 51.79 %.

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

Kankot Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 1,325 - -
Population 6,491 3,301 3,190
Child (0-6) 1,312 642 670
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 49.14 % 46.63 % 51.79 %
Total Workers 1,782 1,569 213
Main Worker 874 - -
Marginal Worker 908 725 183

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Kankot village of Maldah district.

Work Profile

In Kankot village out of total population, 1782 were engaged in work activities. 49.05 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 50.95 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1782 workers engaged in Main Work, 307 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 439 were Agricultural labourer.