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Kanai Population - South Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Kanai is a small village located in Rongara Block of South Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 22 families residing. The Kanai village has population of 156 of which 101 are males while 55 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kanai village population of children with age 0-6 is 24 which makes up 15.38 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kanai village is 545 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Kanai as per census is 1667, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Kanai village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Kanai village was 79.55 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Kanai Male literacy stands at 90.22 % while female literacy rate was 55.00 %.

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

Kanai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 22 - -
Population 156 101 55
Child (0-6) 24 9 15
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 114 60 54
Literacy 79.55 % 90.22 % 55.00 %
Total Workers 67 59 8
Main Worker 63 - -
Marginal Worker 4 1 3

Caste Factor

In Kanai village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 73.08 % of total population in Kanai village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kanai village of South Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Kanai village out of total population, 67 were engaged in work activities. 94.03 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.97 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 67 workers engaged in Main Work, 13 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.