Kanger Population - Hoshiarpur, Punjab

Kanger is a medium size village located in Garhshankar Tehsil of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab with total 76 families residing. The Kanger village has population of 394 of which 198 are males while 196 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kanger village population of children with age 0-6 is 38 which makes up 9.64 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kanger village is 990 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Kanger as per census is 1111, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Kanger village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Kanger village was 71.63 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Kanger Male literacy stands at 76.11 % while female literacy rate was 67.05 %.

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

Kanger Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	76	-	-
Population	394	198	196
Child (0-6)	38	18	20
Schedule Caste	276	134	142
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	71.63 %	76.11 %	67.05 %
Total Workers	150	114	36
Main Worker	106	-	-
Marginal Worker	44	16	28

Caste Factor

In Kanger village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 70.05 % of total population in Kanger village. The village Kanger currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kanger village out of total population, 150 were engaged in work activities. 70.67 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 29.33 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 150 workers engaged in Main Work, 3 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 12 were Agricultural labourer.