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Kanian Kalan Population - Jalandhar, Punjab

Kanian Kalan is a medium size village located in Shahkot Tehsil of Jalandhar district, Punjab with total 245 families residing. The Kanian Kalan village has population of 1230 of which 651 are males while 579 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kanian Kalan village population of children with age 0-6 is 140 which makes up 11.38 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kanian Kalan village is 889 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Kanian Kalan as per census is 842, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Kanian Kalan village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Kanian Kalan village was 71.47 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Kanian Kalan Male literacy stands at 76.70 % while female literacy rate was 65.63 %.

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

Kanian Kalan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 245 - -
Population 1,230 651 579
Child (0-6) 140 76 64
Schedule Caste 678 353 325
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 71.47 % 76.70 % 65.63 %
Total Workers 443 362 81
Main Worker 292 - -
Marginal Worker 151 105 46

Caste Factor

In Kanian Kalan village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 55.12 % of total population in Kanian Kalan village. The village Kanian Kalan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kanian Kalan village out of total population, 443 were engaged in work activities. 65.91 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 34.09 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 443 workers engaged in Main Work, 94 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 40 were Agricultural labourer.