Kanah Population - Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Kanah is a medium size village located in Cheta Tehsil of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh with total 54 families residing. The Kanah village has population of 336 of which 180 are males while 156 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kanah village population of children with age 0-6 is 52 which makes up 15.48 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kanah village is 867 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Kanah as per census is 793, lower than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Kanah village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Kanah village was 61.27 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Kanah Male literacy stands at 70.20 % while female literacy rate was 51.13 %.

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	54	-	-
Population	336	180	156
Child (0-6)	52	29	23
Schedule Caste	210	113	97
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	61.27 %	70.20 %	51.13 %
Total Workers	206	105	101
Main Worker	113	-	-
Marginal Worker	93	13	80

Caste Factor

In Kanah village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 62.50 % of total population in Kanah village. The village Kanah currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kanah village out of total population, 206 were engaged in work activities. 54.85 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 45.15 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 206 workers engaged in Main Work, 105 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.