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Kanj Population - Dumka, Jharkhand

Kanj is a medium size village located in Ramgarh Block of Dumka district, Jharkhand with total 272 families residing. The Kanj village has population of 1350 of which 707 are males while 643 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kanj village population of children with age 0-6 is 231 which makes up 17.11 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kanj village is 909 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Kanj as per census is 763, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Kanj village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Kanj village was 67.20 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Kanj Male literacy stands at 79.51 % while female literacy rate was 54.14 %.

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

Kanj Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 272 - -
Population 1,350 707 643
Child (0-6) 231 131 100
Schedule Caste 414 222 192
Schedule Tribe 13 8 5
Literacy 67.20 % 79.51 % 54.14 %
Total Workers 429 329 100
Main Worker 273 - -
Marginal Worker 156 138 18

Caste Factor

Kanj village of Dumka has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 30.67 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.96 % of total population in Kanj village.

Work Profile

In Kanj village out of total population, 429 were engaged in work activities. 63.64 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 36.36 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 429 workers engaged in Main Work, 84 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 145 were Agricultural labourer.