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Kankjol Population - Sahibganj, Jharkhand

Kankjol is a medium size village located in Barharwa Block of Sahibganj district, Jharkhand with total 348 families residing. The Kankjol village has population of 1707 of which 851 are males while 856 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kankjol village population of children with age 0-6 is 336 which makes up 19.68 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kankjol village is 1006 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Kankjol as per census is 856, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Kankjol village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Kankjol village was 59.66 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Kankjol Male literacy stands at 64.18 % while female literacy rate was 55.35 %.

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

Kankjol Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 348 - -
Population 1,707 851 856
Child (0-6) 336 181 155
Schedule Caste 62 30 32
Schedule Tribe 2 2 0
Literacy 59.66 % 64.18 % 55.35 %
Total Workers 765 409 356
Main Worker 425 - -
Marginal Worker 340 83 257

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 3.63 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.12 % of total population in Kankjol village.

Work Profile

In Kankjol village out of total population, 765 were engaged in work activities. 55.56 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 44.44 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 765 workers engaged in Main Work, 45 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 202 were Agricultural labourer.