Skip to main content Skip to docs navigation

Kancheshwar Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Kancheshwar is a medium size village located in Contai - III Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 115 families residing. The Kancheshwar village has population of 525 of which 277 are males while 248 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kancheshwar village population of children with age 0-6 is 65 which makes up 12.38 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kancheshwar village is 895 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kancheshwar as per census is 667, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Kancheshwar village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kancheshwar village was 91.09 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kancheshwar Male literacy stands at 96.64 % while female literacy rate was 85.14 %.

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

Kancheshwar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 115 - -
Population 525 277 248
Child (0-6) 65 39 26
Schedule Caste 18 9 9
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 91.09 % 96.64 % 85.14 %
Total Workers 210 156 54
Main Worker 162 - -
Marginal Worker 48 3 45

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 3.43 % of total population in Kancheshwar village. The village Kancheshwar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kancheshwar village out of total population, 210 were engaged in work activities. 77.14 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 22.86 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 210 workers engaged in Main Work, 42 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 41 were Agricultural labourer.