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Kanah Population - Reasi, Jammu and Kashmir

Kanah is a medium size village located in Reasi Tehsil of Reasi district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 241 families residing. The Kanah village has population of 1144 of which 591 are males while 553 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kanah village population of children with age 0-6 is 142 which makes up 12.41 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kanah village is 936 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Kanah as per census is 1000, higher than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Kanah village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Kanah village was 81.24 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Kanah Male literacy stands at 87.88 % while female literacy rate was 74.07 %.

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

Kanah Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 241 - -
Population 1,144 591 553
Child (0-6) 142 71 71
Schedule Caste 491 251 240
Schedule Tribe 16 9 7
Literacy 81.24 % 87.88 % 74.07 %
Total Workers 639 327 312
Main Worker 602 - -
Marginal Worker 37 12 25

Caste Factor

In Kanah village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 42.92 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.40 % of total population in Kanah village.

Work Profile

In Kanah village out of total population, 639 were engaged in work activities. 94.21 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.79 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 639 workers engaged in Main Work, 442 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 7 were Agricultural labourer.