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Kanjiya Population - Surguja, Chhattisgarh

Kanjiya is a medium size village located in Samri(kusmi) Tehsil of Surguja district, Chhattisgarh with total 329 families residing. The Kanjiya village has population of 1622 of which 800 are males while 822 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kanjiya village population of children with age 0-6 is 220 which makes up 13.56 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kanjiya village is 1028 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Kanjiya as per census is 1018, higher than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Kanjiya village has higher literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Kanjiya village was 76.60 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Kanjiya Male literacy stands at 83.36 % while female literacy rate was 70.04 %.

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

Kanjiya Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 329 - -
Population 1,622 800 822
Child (0-6) 220 109 111
Schedule Caste 156 80 76
Schedule Tribe 625 268 357
Literacy 76.60 % 83.36 % 70.04 %
Total Workers 661 442 219
Main Worker 484 - -
Marginal Worker 177 21 156

Caste Factor

In Kanjiya village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 38.53 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 9.62 % of total population in Kanjiya village.

Work Profile

In Kanjiya village out of total population, 661 were engaged in work activities. 73.22 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 26.78 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 661 workers engaged in Main Work, 217 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 88 were Agricultural labourer.