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Kokanpur Population - Kanker, Chhattisgarh

Kokanpur is a medium size village located in Kanker Tehsil of Kanker district, Chhattisgarh with total 340 families residing. The Kokanpur village has population of 1424 of which 713 are males while 711 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kokanpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 183 which makes up 12.85 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kokanpur village is 997 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Kokanpur as per census is 906, lower than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Kokanpur village has higher literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Kokanpur village was 78.57 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Kokanpur Male literacy stands at 87.20 % while female literacy rate was 70.03 %.

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

Kokanpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 340 - -
Population 1,424 713 711
Child (0-6) 183 96 87
Schedule Caste 148 65 83
Schedule Tribe 430 225 205
Literacy 78.57 % 87.20 % 70.03 %
Total Workers 784 426 358
Main Worker 766 - -
Marginal Worker 18 13 5

Caste Factor

Kokanpur village of Kanker has substantial population of Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 30.20 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 10.39 % of total population in Kokanpur village.

Work Profile

In Kokanpur village out of total population, 784 were engaged in work activities. 97.70 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.30 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 784 workers engaged in Main Work, 281 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 369 were Agricultural labourer.