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Kanja Population - Tapi, Gujarat

Kanja is a medium size village located in Vyara Taluka of Tapi district, Gujarat with total 292 families residing. The Kanja village has population of 1422 of which 712 are males while 710 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kanja village population of children with age 0-6 is 159 which makes up 11.18 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kanja village is 997 which is higher than Gujarat state average of 919. Child Sex Ratio for the Kanja as per census is 828, lower than Gujarat average of 890.

Kanja village has lower literacy rate compared to Gujarat. In 2011, literacy rate of Kanja village was 57.96 % compared to 78.03 % of Gujarat. In Kanja Male literacy stands at 63.68 % while female literacy rate was 52.35 %.

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

Kanja Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 292 - -
Population 1,422 712 710
Child (0-6) 159 87 72
Schedule Caste 1 1 0
Schedule Tribe 1,362 678 684
Literacy 57.96 % 63.68 % 52.35 %
Total Workers 953 507 446
Main Worker 630 - -
Marginal Worker 323 116 207

Caste Factor

In Kanja village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 95.78 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.07 % of total population in Kanja village.

Work Profile

In Kanja village out of total population, 953 were engaged in work activities. 66.11 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 33.89 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 953 workers engaged in Main Work, 245 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 226 were Agricultural labourer.