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Kanahar Population - Siwan, Bihar

Kanahar is a medium size village located in Barharia Block of Siwan district, Bihar with total 323 families residing. The Kanahar village has population of 1520 of which 775 are males while 745 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kanahar village population of children with age 0-6 is 259 which makes up 17.04 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kanahar village is 961 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Kanahar as per census is 1072, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Kanahar village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Kanahar village was 71.77 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Kanahar Male literacy stands at 81.85 % while female literacy rate was 61.05 %.

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

Kanahar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 323 - -
Population 1,520 775 745
Child (0-6) 259 125 134
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 24 13 11
Literacy 71.77 % 81.85 % 61.05 %
Total Workers 466 357 109
Main Worker 219 - -
Marginal Worker 247 166 81

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 1.58 % of total population in Kanahar village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kanahar village of Siwan.

Work Profile

In Kanahar village out of total population, 466 were engaged in work activities. 47.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 53.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 466 workers engaged in Main Work, 87 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 88 were Agricultural labourer.