Kankar Population, Caste, Working Data Damoh, Madhya Pradesh - Census 2011

Kankar is a village situated in Damoh tehsil of Damoh district in Madhya Pradesh. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 161 families residing in the village Kankar. The total population of Kankar is 622 out of which 334 are males and 288 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Kankar is 862.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Kankar village is 104 which is 17% of the total population. There are 51 male children and 53 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Kankar is 1,039 which is greater than Average Sex Ratio (862) of Kankar village.

Population
622
Families
161
Literacy
66.22%
Sex Ratio
862

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Kankar is 66.2%. Thus Kankar village has higher literacy rate compared to 59.1% of Damoh district. The male literacy rate is 77.74% and the female literacy rate is 52.34% in Kankar village.

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

Kankar Data as per Census 2011

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

Total Male Female
Children 104 51 53
Literacy 66.22% 77.74% 52.34%
Scheduled Caste 64 34 30
Scheduled Tribe 269 148 121
Illiterate 279 114 165

Caste Data as per Census 2011

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 10.3% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 43.2% of total population in Kankar village.

Working Population as per Census 2011

In Kankar village out of total population, 300 were engaged in work activities. 93.3% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.7% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 300 workers engaged in Main Work, 15 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 226 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 280 161 119
Cultivators 15 13 2
Agriculture Labourer 226 134 92
Household Industries 21 4 17
Other Workers 18 10 8
Marginal Workers 20 11 9
Non Working 322 162 160

Nearby Villages to Kankar,

Below are the list of villages near Kankar village in Damoh.

Village Population
Kalapani 284
Mahua Kheda 283
Touri 1,733
Deori Jamadar 1,401
Gambhira 349
Dhamara 498
Arthkheda 1,213
Rageda 78
Sagoni Kalan 1,120
Batka 48

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