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Kaniya Population - Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh

Kaniya is a medium size village located in Baihar Tehsil of Balaghat district, Madhya Pradesh with total 277 families residing. The Kaniya village has population of 1395 of which 714 are males while 681 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kaniya village population of children with age 0-6 is 188 which makes up 13.48 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kaniya village is 954 which is higher than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Kaniya as per census is 1043, higher than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Kaniya village has lower literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Kaniya village was 65.37 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Kaniya Male literacy stands at 75.24 % while female literacy rate was 54.87 %.

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

Kaniya Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 277 - -
Population 1,395 714 681
Child (0-6) 188 92 96
Schedule Caste 8 4 4
Schedule Tribe 6 2 4
Literacy 65.37 % 75.24 % 54.87 %
Total Workers 661 388 273
Main Worker 150 - -
Marginal Worker 511 258 253

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 0.57 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.43 % of total population in Kaniya village.

Work Profile

In Kaniya village out of total population, 661 were engaged in work activities. 22.69 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 77.31 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 661 workers engaged in Main Work, 77 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 16 were Agricultural labourer.