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Kanhi Population - Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

Kanhi is a medium size village located in Ghorawal Tehsil of Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh with total 238 families residing. The Kanhi village has population of 1373 of which 701 are males while 672 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kanhi village population of children with age 0-6 is 218 which makes up 15.88 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kanhi village is 959 which is higher than Uttar Pradesh state average of 912. Child Sex Ratio for the Kanhi as per census is 863, lower than Uttar Pradesh average of 902.

Kanhi village has lower literacy rate compared to Uttar Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Kanhi village was 58.18 % compared to 67.68 % of Uttar Pradesh. In Kanhi Male literacy stands at 74.32 % while female literacy rate was 41.68 %.

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

Kanhi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 238 - -
Population 1,373 701 672
Child (0-6) 218 117 101
Schedule Caste 467 243 224
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 58.18 % 74.32 % 41.68 %
Total Workers 753 386 367
Main Worker 321 - -
Marginal Worker 432 134 298

Caste Factor

Kanhi village of Sonbhadra has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 34.01 % of total population in Kanhi village. The village Kanhi currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kanhi village out of total population, 753 were engaged in work activities. 42.63 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 57.37 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 753 workers engaged in Main Work, 166 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 94 were Agricultural labourer.