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Kankote Population - Punch, Jammu and Kashmir

Kankote is a medium size village located in Haveli Tehsil of Punch district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 152 families residing. The Kankote village has population of 756 of which 393 are males while 363 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kankote village population of children with age 0-6 is 139 which makes up 18.39 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kankote village is 924 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Kankote as per census is 1106, higher than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Kankote village has lower literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Kankote village was 65.96 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Kankote Male literacy stands at 76.15 % while female literacy rate was 54.48 %.

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

Kankote Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 152 - -
Population 756 393 363
Child (0-6) 139 66 73
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 338 175 163
Literacy 65.96 % 76.15 % 54.48 %
Total Workers 220 193 27
Main Worker 126 - -
Marginal Worker 94 75 19

Caste Factor

In Kankote village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 44.71 % of total population in Kankote village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kankote village of Punch.

Work Profile

In Kankote village out of total population, 220 were engaged in work activities. 57.27 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 42.73 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 220 workers engaged in Main Work, 26 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.