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Kanah Population - Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir

Kanah is a large village located in Ramnagar Tehsil of Udhampur district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 417 families residing. The Kanah village has population of 2453 of which 1303 are males while 1150 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kanah village population of children with age 0-6 is 412 which makes up 16.80 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kanah village is 883 which is lower than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Kanah as per census is 990, higher than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Kanah village has lower literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Kanah village was 66.05 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Kanah Male literacy stands at 76.00 % while female literacy rate was 54.50 %.

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

Kanah Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 417 - -
Population 2,453 1,303 1,150
Child (0-6) 412 207 205
Schedule Caste 599 313 286
Schedule Tribe 253 136 117
Literacy 66.05 % 76.00 % 54.50 %
Total Workers 728 658 70
Main Worker 452 - -
Marginal Worker 276 245 31

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 24.42 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 10.31 % of total population in Kanah village.

Work Profile

In Kanah village out of total population, 728 were engaged in work activities. 62.09 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 37.91 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 728 workers engaged in Main Work, 262 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.