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Kanka Population - Dhenkanal, Orissa

Kanka is a medium size village located in Gandia Block of Dhenkanal district, Orissa with total 101 families residing. The Kanka village has population of 431 of which 213 are males while 218 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kanka village population of children with age 0-6 is 42 which makes up 9.74 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kanka village is 1023 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Kanka as per census is 1211, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Kanka village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Kanka village was 75.32 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Kanka Male literacy stands at 80.93 % while female literacy rate was 69.74 %.

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

Kanka Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 101 - -
Population 431 213 218
Child (0-6) 42 19 23
Schedule Caste 73 37 36
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 75.32 % 80.93 % 69.74 %
Total Workers 124 102 22
Main Worker 94 - -
Marginal Worker 30 16 14

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 16.94 % of total population in Kanka village. The village Kanka currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kanka village out of total population, 124 were engaged in work activities. 75.81 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 24.19 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 124 workers engaged in Main Work, 11 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 38 were Agricultural labourer.