Kanakpur
Thakurganj block · Kishanganj
district, Bihar · PIN 855116
· village code 222391
Population 2011
6,099
Census of India
Population 2020
7,000
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+14.8%
901 people · 1.5% a year
Households
4,200
+268.4% vs 1,140 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
6,099
Male / female
3,136 / 2,963
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
945
Children aged 0–6
1,311
Literacy rate
40.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
167 / 10
Working population
2,295
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
96.1%
Households
1,140
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 1 km away
No
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
—
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission
Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
200
Teachers
15
Students per teacher
13
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
None
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
450
Non-farm households
250
Share of households farming, 2020
64%
Net sown area
500 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
250 / 500 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kanakpur panchayat, Thakurganj zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹13.74 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹22.51 lakh
Received directly
₹65,649
Spent
₹24.49 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹12.41 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹11.13 lakh · received ₹8.97 lakh · spent ₹8.18 lakh · left ₹12.40 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹2.61 lakh · received ₹13.54 lakh · spent ₹16.32 lakh · left ₹298
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.4505, 88.1259 —
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