Kanchana Population - Koraput, Orissa

Kanchana is a medium size village located in Machh kund Block of Koraput district, Orissa with total 153 families residing. The Kanchana village has population of 602 of which 270 are males while 332 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kanchana village population of children with age 0-6 is 105 which makes up 17.44 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kanchana village is 1230 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Kanchana as per census is 1100, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Kanchana village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Kanchana village was 24.35 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Kanchana Male literacy stands at 31.36 % while female literacy rate was 18.77 %.

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

Kanchana Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	153	-	-
Population	602	270	332
Child (0-6)	105	50	55
Schedule Caste	179	86	93
Schedule Tribe	423	184	239
Literacy	24.35 %	31.36 %	18.77 %
Total Workers	349	174	175
Main Worker	161	-	-
Marginal Worker	188	17	171

Caste Factor

In Kanchana village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 70.27 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 29.73 % of total population in Kanchana village.

Work Profile

In Kanchana village out of total population, 349 were engaged in work activities. 46.13 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 53.87 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 349 workers engaged in Main Work, 146 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.