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Kakan Population - Araria, Bihar

Kakan is a large village located in Jokihat Block of Araria district, Bihar with total 2687 families residing. The Kakan village has population of 12946 of which 6706 are males while 6240 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kakan village population of children with age 0-6 is 2991 which makes up 23.10 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kakan village is 931 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Kakan as per census is 1018, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Kakan village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Kakan village was 38.51 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Kakan Male literacy stands at 45.39 % while female literacy rate was 30.92 %.

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

Kakan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 2,687 - -
Population 12,946 6,706 6,240
Child (0-6) 2,991 1,482 1,509
Schedule Caste 218 107 111
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 38.51 % 45.39 % 30.92 %
Total Workers 4,175 3,115 1,060
Main Worker 2,370 - -
Marginal Worker 1,805 967 838

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 1.68 % of total population in Kakan village. The village Kakan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kakan village out of total population, 4175 were engaged in work activities. 56.77 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 43.23 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 4175 workers engaged in Main Work, 457 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1696 were Agricultural labourer.