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Kanchan Population - Chatra, Jharkhand

Kanchan is a small village located in Shaligram Ram Narayanpur(Hunterganj) Block of Chatra district, Jharkhand with total 24 families residing. The Kanchan village has population of 133 of which 77 are males while 56 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kanchan village population of children with age 0-6 is 19 which makes up 14.29 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kanchan village is 727 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Kanchan as per census is 900, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Kanchan village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Kanchan village was 20.18 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Kanchan Male literacy stands at 25.37 % while female literacy rate was 12.77 %.

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

Kanchan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 24 - -
Population 133 77 56
Child (0-6) 19 10 9
Schedule Caste 75 44 31
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 20.18 % 25.37 % 12.77 %
Total Workers 39 32 7
Main Worker 28 - -
Marginal Worker 11 5 6

Caste Factor

In Kanchan village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 56.39 % of total population in Kanchan village. The village Kanchan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kanchan village out of total population, 39 were engaged in work activities. 71.79 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 28.21 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 39 workers engaged in Main Work, 11 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.