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Kanaun Population - Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, Punjab

Kanaun is a medium size village located in Nawanshahr Tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district, Punjab with total 122 families residing. The Kanaun village has population of 624 of which 337 are males while 287 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kanaun village population of children with age 0-6 is 121 which makes up 19.39 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kanaun village is 852 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Kanaun as per census is 952, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Kanaun village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Kanaun village was 61.83 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Kanaun Male literacy stands at 68.00 % while female literacy rate was 54.39 %.

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

Kanaun Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 122 - -
Population 624 337 287
Child (0-6) 121 62 59
Schedule Caste 121 63 58
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 61.83 % 68.00 % 54.39 %
Total Workers 232 176 56
Main Worker 222 - -
Marginal Worker 10 7 3

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 19.39 % of total population in Kanaun village. The village Kanaun currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kanaun village out of total population, 232 were engaged in work activities. 95.69 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.31 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 232 workers engaged in Main Work, 37 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 110 were Agricultural labourer.