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Kankoa Population - Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand

Kankoa is a medium size village located in Sonua Block of Pashchimi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand with total 288 families residing. The Kankoa village has population of 1565 of which 762 are males while 803 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kankoa village population of children with age 0-6 is 299 which makes up 19.11 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kankoa village is 1054 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Kankoa as per census is 1248, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Kankoa village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Kankoa village was 57.42 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Kankoa Male literacy stands at 73.29 % while female literacy rate was 41.76 %.

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

Kankoa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 288 - -
Population 1,565 762 803
Child (0-6) 299 133 166
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,450 707 743
Literacy 57.42 % 73.29 % 41.76 %
Total Workers 768 411 357
Main Worker 307 - -
Marginal Worker 461 137 324

Caste Factor

In Kankoa village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 92.65 % of total population in Kankoa village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kankoa village of Pashchimi Singhbhum.

Work Profile

In Kankoa village out of total population, 768 were engaged in work activities. 39.97 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 60.03 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 768 workers engaged in Main Work, 271 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 22 were Agricultural labourer.