Kanpur Population, Caste, Working Data Purba Medinipur, West Bengal - Census 2011

Kanpur is a village situated in Ramnagar - II block of Purba Medinipur district in West Bengal. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 874 families residing in the village Kanpur. The total population of Kanpur is 4,523 out of which 2,339 are males and 2,184 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Kanpur is 934.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Kanpur village is 470 which is 10% of the total population. There are 240 male children and 230 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Kanpur is 958 which is greater than Average Sex Ratio (934) of Kanpur village.

Population
4,523
Families
874
Literacy
92.03%
Sex Ratio
934

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Kanpur is 92%. Thus Kanpur village has higher literacy rate compared to 77% of Purba Medinipur district. The male literacy rate is 96.9% and the female literacy rate is 86.8% in Kanpur village.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act (Amendment 1998), Kanpur village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of the village.

Kanpur Data as per Census 2011

As per the Population Census 2011 data, following are some quick facts about Kanpur village.

Total Male Female
Children 470 240 230
Literacy 92.03% 96.9% 86.8%
Scheduled Caste 496 252 244
Scheduled Tribe 0 0 0
Illiterate 793 305 488

Caste Data as per Census 2011

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 11% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0% of total population in Kanpur village.

Working Population as per Census 2011

In Kanpur village out of total population, 2,256 were engaged in work activities. 45.7% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 54.3% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 2,256 workers engaged in Main Work, 427 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 331 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 1,031 911 120
Cultivators 427 399 28
Agriculture Labourer 331 284 47
Household Industries 39 26 13
Other Workers 234 202 32
Marginal Workers 1,225 604 621
Non Working 2,267 824 1,443

Nearby Villages to Kanpur,

Below are the list of villages near Kanpur village in Ramnagar - II.

Village Population
Raghunathpur 836
Talkanpur 919
Paldhui 3,813
Sabitrapur 3,367
Mandar 3,583
Madhabpur 3,191
Kanoa 309
Nashirpur 246
Kan Kaneswar 369
Gaurangabar 156

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