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Kankata Population - Dumka, Jharkhand

Kankata is a medium size village located in Saraiyahat Block of Dumka district, Jharkhand with total 108 families residing. The Kankata village has population of 613 of which 333 are males while 280 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kankata village population of children with age 0-6 is 107 which makes up 17.46 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kankata village is 841 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Kankata as per census is 507, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Kankata village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Kankata village was 32.41 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Kankata Male literacy stands at 35.50 % while female literacy rate was 29.10 %.

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

Kankata Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 108 - -
Population 613 333 280
Child (0-6) 107 71 36
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 32.41 % 35.50 % 29.10 %
Total Workers 390 200 190
Main Worker 206 - -
Marginal Worker 184 2 182

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Kankata village of Dumka district.

Work Profile

In Kankata village out of total population, 390 were engaged in work activities. 52.82 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 47.18 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 390 workers engaged in Main Work, 93 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 113 were Agricultural labourer.