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Kanaka Population - Ganjam, Orissa

Kanaka is a medium size village located in KHALIKOTE Block of Ganjam district, Orissa with total 361 families residing. The Kanaka village has population of 1631 of which 868 are males while 763 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kanaka village population of children with age 0-6 is 201 which makes up 12.32 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kanaka village is 879 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Kanaka as per census is 748, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Kanaka village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Kanaka village was 66.85 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Kanaka Male literacy stands at 75.17 % while female literacy rate was 57.61 %.

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

Kanaka Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 361 - -
Population 1,631 868 763
Child (0-6) 201 115 86
Schedule Caste 47 24 23
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 66.85 % 75.17 % 57.61 %
Total Workers 791 519 272
Main Worker 230 - -
Marginal Worker 561 339 222

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 2.88 % of total population in Kanaka village. The village Kanaka currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kanaka village out of total population, 791 were engaged in work activities. 29.08 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 70.92 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 791 workers engaged in Main Work, 109 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 22 were Agricultural labourer.