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Kanikapur Population - Basti, Uttar Pradesh

Kanikapur is a medium size village located in Harraiya Tehsil of Basti district, Uttar Pradesh with total 81 families residing. The Kanikapur village has population of 505 of which 243 are males while 262 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kanikapur village population of children with age 0-6 is 77 which makes up 15.25 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kanikapur village is 1078 which is higher than Uttar Pradesh state average of 912. Child Sex Ratio for the Kanikapur as per census is 1139, higher than Uttar Pradesh average of 902.

Kanikapur village has lower literacy rate compared to Uttar Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Kanikapur village was 65.89 % compared to 67.68 % of Uttar Pradesh. In Kanikapur Male literacy stands at 74.40 % while female literacy rate was 57.92 %.

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

Kanikapur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 81 - -
Population 505 243 262
Child (0-6) 77 36 41
Schedule Caste 111 52 59
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 65.89 % 74.40 % 57.92 %
Total Workers 137 93 44
Main Worker 91 - -
Marginal Worker 46 29 17

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 21.98 % of total population in Kanikapur village. The village Kanikapur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kanikapur village out of total population, 137 were engaged in work activities. 66.42 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 33.58 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 137 workers engaged in Main Work, 70 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.