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Kanchura Population - Ganjam, Orissa

Kanchura is a medium size village located in BUGUDA Block of Ganjam district, Orissa with total 237 families residing. The Kanchura village has population of 1060 of which 527 are males while 533 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kanchura village population of children with age 0-6 is 155 which makes up 14.62 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kanchura village is 1011 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Kanchura as per census is 890, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Kanchura village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Kanchura village was 71.93 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Kanchura Male literacy stands at 80.00 % while female literacy rate was 64.13 %.

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

Kanchura Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 237 - -
Population 1,060 527 533
Child (0-6) 155 82 73
Schedule Caste 60 27 33
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 71.93 % 80.00 % 64.13 %
Total Workers 409 274 135
Main Worker 189 - -
Marginal Worker 220 107 113

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 5.66 % of total population in Kanchura village. The village Kanchura currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kanchura village out of total population, 409 were engaged in work activities. 46.21 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 53.79 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 409 workers engaged in Main Work, 33 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 28 were Agricultural labourer.