Kanas Population - Purbi Singhbhum, Jharkhand

Kanas is a medium size village located in Dhalbhumgarh Block of Purbi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand with total 296 families residing. The Kanas village has population of 1399 of which 702 are males while 697 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kanas village population of children with age 0-6 is 231 which makes up 16.51 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kanas village is 993 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Kanas as per census is 974, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Kanas village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Kanas village was 51.63 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Kanas Male literacy stands at 62.74 % while female literacy rate was 40.48 %.

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

Kanas Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	296	-	-
Population	1,399	702	697
Child (0-6)	231	117	114
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	443	204	239
Literacy	51.63 %	62.74 %	40.48 %
Total Workers	547	372	175
Main Worker	121	-	-
Marginal Worker	426	283	143

Caste Factor

Kanas village of Purbi Singhbhum has substantial population of Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 31.67 % of total population in Kanas village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kanas village of Purbi Singhbhum.

Work Profile

In Kanas village out of total population, 547 were engaged in work activities. 22.12 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 77.88 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 547 workers engaged in Main Work, 6 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.