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Kanas Population - Puri, Orissa

Kanas is a large village located in Satyabadi Block of Puri district, Orissa with total 643 families residing. The Kanas village has population of 2864 of which 1457 are males while 1407 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kanas village population of children with age 0-6 is 254 which makes up 8.87 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kanas village is 966 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Kanas as per census is 1117, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Kanas village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Kanas village was 83.22 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Kanas Male literacy stands at 89.23 % while female literacy rate was 76.90 %.

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 643 - -
Population 2,864 1,457 1,407
Child (0-6) 254 120 134
Schedule Caste 321 165 156
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 83.22 % 89.23 % 76.90 %
Total Workers 905 840 65
Main Worker 645 - -
Marginal Worker 260 243 17

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 11.21 % of total population in Kanas village. The village Kanas currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kanas village out of total population, 905 were engaged in work activities. 71.27 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 28.73 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 905 workers engaged in Main Work, 84 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 196 were Agricultural labourer.