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Kanchara Population - Ganjam, Orissa

Kanchara is a medium size village located in CHHATRAPUR Block of Ganjam district, Orissa with total 216 families residing. The Kanchara village has population of 837 of which 390 are males while 447 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kanchara village population of children with age 0-6 is 89 which makes up 10.63 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kanchara village is 1146 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Kanchara as per census is 648, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Kanchara village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Kanchara village was 66.18 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Kanchara Male literacy stands at 83.63 % while female literacy rate was 51.94 %.

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

Kanchara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 216 - -
Population 837 390 447
Child (0-6) 89 54 35
Schedule Caste 150 78 72
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 66.18 % 83.63 % 51.94 %
Total Workers 273 163 110
Main Worker 26 - -
Marginal Worker 247 140 107

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 17.92 % of total population in Kanchara village. The village Kanchara currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kanchara village out of total population, 273 were engaged in work activities. 9.52 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 90.48 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 273 workers engaged in Main Work, 10 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.