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Kankan Population - Jagatsinghapur, Orissa

Kankan is a medium size village located in Ersama Block of Jagatsinghapur district, Orissa with total 270 families residing. The Kankan village has population of 1197 of which 605 are males while 592 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kankan village population of children with age 0-6 is 192 which makes up 16.04 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kankan village is 979 which is equal than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Kankan as per census is 794, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Kankan village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Kankan village was 87.06 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Kankan Male literacy stands at 94.18 % while female literacy rate was 80.08 %.

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

Kankan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 270 - -
Population 1,197 605 592
Child (0-6) 192 107 85
Schedule Caste 113 56 57
Schedule Tribe 19 10 9
Literacy 87.06 % 94.18 % 80.08 %
Total Workers 526 320 206
Main Worker 328 - -
Marginal Worker 198 16 182

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 9.44 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.59 % of total population in Kankan village.

Work Profile

In Kankan village out of total population, 526 were engaged in work activities. 62.36 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 37.64 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 526 workers engaged in Main Work, 220 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 31 were Agricultural labourer.