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Kanwa Population - Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand

Kanwa is a medium size village located in Dunda Tehsil of Uttarkashi district, Uttarakhand with total 113 families residing. The Kanwa village has population of 559 of which 276 are males while 283 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kanwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 72 which makes up 12.88 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kanwa village is 1025 which is higher than Uttarakhand state average of 963. Child Sex Ratio for the Kanwa as per census is 946, higher than Uttarakhand average of 890.

Kanwa village has lower literacy rate compared to Uttarakhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Kanwa village was 73.51 % compared to 78.82 % of Uttarakhand. In Kanwa Male literacy stands at 87.87 % while female literacy rate was 59.68 %.

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

Kanwa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 113 - -
Population 559 276 283
Child (0-6) 72 37 35
Schedule Caste 215 113 102
Schedule Tribe 3 2 1
Literacy 73.51 % 87.87 % 59.68 %
Total Workers 290 142 148
Main Worker 290 - -
Marginal Worker 0 0 0

Caste Factor

In Kanwa village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 38.46 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.54 % of total population in Kanwa village.

Work Profile

In Kanwa village out of total population, 290 were engaged in work activities. 100.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 290 workers engaged in Main Work, 285 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.