Kanakpur is a village in Potashpur I tehsil in district of Purba Medinipur, West Bengal, India. As per the data provided by Census of India in 2011, total population of Kanakpur was 2,686 which includes 1,377 males and 1,309 females. Kanakpur covers 313.68 ha area. Pincode of Kanakpur is 721439.