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Kanpur Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Kanpur is a large village located in Ramnagar - II Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 874 families residing. The Kanpur village has population of 4523 of which 2339 are males while 2184 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kanpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 470 which makes up 10.39 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kanpur village is 934 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kanpur as per census is 958, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Kanpur village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kanpur village was 92.03 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kanpur Male literacy stands at 96.90 % while female literacy rate was 86.80 %.

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

Kanpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 874 - -
Population 4,523 2,339 2,184
Child (0-6) 470 240 230
Schedule Caste 496 252 244
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 92.03 % 96.90 % 86.80 %
Total Workers 2,256 1,515 741
Main Worker 1,031 - -
Marginal Worker 1,225 604 621

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 10.97 % of total population in Kanpur village. The village Kanpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kanpur village out of total population, 2256 were engaged in work activities. 45.70 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 54.30 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 2256 workers engaged in Main Work, 427 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 331 were Agricultural labourer.