Kanta Population - Simdega, Jharkhand

Kanta is a medium size village located in Bano Block of Simdega district, Jharkhand with total 64 families residing. The Kanta village has population of 306 of which 151 are males while 155 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kanta village population of children with age 0-6 is 56 which makes up 18.30 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kanta village is 1026 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Kanta as per census is 1435, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Kanta village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Kanta village was 64.00 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Kanta Male literacy stands at 73.44 % while female literacy rate was 54.10 %.

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

Kanta Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	64	-	-
Population	306	151	155
Child (0-6)	56	23	33
Schedule Caste	78	40	38
Schedule Tribe	227	110	117
Literacy	64.00 %	73.44 %	54.10 %
Total Workers	137	83	54
Main Worker	111	-	-
Marginal Worker	26	9	17

Caste Factor

In Kanta village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 74.18 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 25.49 % of total population in Kanta village.

Work Profile

In Kanta village out of total population, 137 were engaged in work activities. 81.02 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 18.98 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 137 workers engaged in Main Work, 100 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.