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Kanjia Population - Garhwa, Jharkhand

Kanjia is a medium size village located in Bhandaria Block of Garhwa district, Jharkhand with total 212 families residing. The Kanjia village has population of 1038 of which 532 are males while 506 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kanjia village population of children with age 0-6 is 238 which makes up 22.93 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kanjia village is 951 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Kanjia as per census is 817, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Kanjia village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Kanjia village was 60.88 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Kanjia Male literacy stands at 71.82 % while female literacy rate was 49.87 %.

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

Kanjia Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 212 - -
Population 1,038 532 506
Child (0-6) 238 131 107
Schedule Caste 65 38 27
Schedule Tribe 896 452 444
Literacy 60.88 % 71.82 % 49.87 %
Total Workers 467 234 233
Main Worker 45 - -
Marginal Worker 422 213 209

Caste Factor

In Kanjia village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 86.32 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 6.26 % of total population in Kanjia village.

Work Profile

In Kanjia village out of total population, 467 were engaged in work activities. 9.64 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 90.36 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 467 workers engaged in Main Work, 3 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 16 were Agricultural labourer.