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Kanakpur Population - Maldah, West Bengal

Kanakpur is a medium size village located in English Bazar Block of Maldah district, West Bengal with total 136 families residing. The Kanakpur village has population of 724 of which 356 are males while 368 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kanakpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 103 which makes up 14.23 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kanakpur village is 1034 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kanakpur as per census is 1191, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Kanakpur village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kanakpur village was 63.12 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kanakpur Male literacy stands at 68.93 % while female literacy rate was 57.37 %.

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

Kanakpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 136 - -
Population 724 356 368
Child (0-6) 103 47 56
Schedule Caste 721 354 367
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 63.12 % 68.93 % 57.37 %
Total Workers 348 191 157
Main Worker 341 - -
Marginal Worker 7 6 1

Caste Factor

In Kanakpur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 99.59 % of total population in Kanakpur village. The village Kanakpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kanakpur village out of total population, 348 were engaged in work activities. 97.99 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.01 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 348 workers engaged in Main Work, 31 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 153 were Agricultural labourer.