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Hanker Population - Kanker, Chhattisgarh

Hanker is a medium size village located in Pakhanjur Tehsil of Kanker district, Chhattisgarh with total 43 families residing. The Hanker village has population of 273 of which 135 are males while 138 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Hanker village population of children with age 0-6 is 45 which makes up 16.48 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Hanker village is 1022 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Hanker as per census is 1045, higher than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Hanker village has higher literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Hanker village was 77.63 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Hanker Male literacy stands at 92.92 % while female literacy rate was 62.61 %.

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

Hanker Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 43 - -
Population 273 135 138
Child (0-6) 45 22 23
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 256 127 129
Literacy 77.63 % 92.92 % 62.61 %
Total Workers 172 85 87
Main Worker 146 - -
Marginal Worker 26 10 16

Caste Factor

In Hanker village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 93.77 % of total population in Hanker village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Hanker village of Kanker.

Work Profile

In Hanker village out of total population, 172 were engaged in work activities. 84.88 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 15.12 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 172 workers engaged in Main Work, 138 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 8 were Agricultural labourer.