Kankya Population - Ganjam, Orissa

Kankya is a medium size village located in GOLANTHARA Block of Ganjam district, Orissa with total 217 families residing. The Kankya village has population of 973 of which 489 are males while 484 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kankya village population of children with age 0-6 is 118 which makes up 12.13 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kankya village is 990 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Kankya as per census is 967, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Kankya village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Kankya village was 67.95 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Kankya Male literacy stands at 83.22 % while female literacy rate was 52.58 %.

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

Kankya Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	217	-	-
Population	973	489	484
Child (0-6)	118	60	58
Schedule Caste	310	149	161
Schedule Tribe	602	310	292
Literacy	67.95 %	83.22 %	52.58 %
Total Workers	536	273	263
Main Worker	444	-	-
Marginal Worker	92	31	61

Caste Factor

In Kankya village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 61.87 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 31.86 % of total population in Kankya village.

Work Profile

In Kankya village out of total population, 536 were engaged in work activities. 82.84 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 17.16 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 536 workers engaged in Main Work, 27 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 366 were Agricultural labourer.