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Kanik Population - Samba, Jammu and Kashmir

Kanik is a medium size village located in Samba Tehsil of Samba district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 80 families residing. The Kanik village has population of 427 of which 227 are males while 200 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kanik village population of children with age 0-6 is 68 which makes up 15.93 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kanik village is 881 which is lower than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Kanik as per census is 744, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Kanik village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Kanik village was 77.44 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Kanik Male literacy stands at 88.30 % while female literacy rate was 65.50 %.

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

Kanik Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 80 - -
Population 427 227 200
Child (0-6) 68 39 29
Schedule Caste 283 153 130
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 77.44 % 88.30 % 65.50 %
Total Workers 106 103 3
Main Worker 81 - -
Marginal Worker 25 25 0

Caste Factor

In Kanik village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 66.28 % of total population in Kanik village. The village Kanik currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kanik village out of total population, 106 were engaged in work activities. 76.42 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 23.58 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 106 workers engaged in Main Work, 11 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.