Kantian Population - Hoshiarpur, Punjab

Kantian is a medium size village located in Hoshiarpur Tehsil of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab with total 254 families residing. The Kantian village has population of 1206 of which 641 are males while 565 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kantian village population of children with age 0-6 is 135 which makes up 11.19 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kantian village is 881 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Kantian as per census is 588, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Kantian village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Kantian village was 76.28 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Kantian Male literacy stands at 80.22 % while female literacy rate was 72.04 %.

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

Kantian Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	254	-	-
Population	1,206	641	565
Child (0-6)	135	85	50
Schedule Caste	1,069	569	500
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	76.28 %	80.22 %	72.04 %
Total Workers	370	305	65
Main Worker	245	-	-
Marginal Worker	125	91	34

Caste Factor

In Kantian village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 88.64 % of total population in Kantian village. The village Kantian currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kantian village out of total population, 370 were engaged in work activities. 66.22 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 33.78 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 370 workers engaged in Main Work, 117 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 48 were Agricultural labourer.