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Kanakpur Population - Surguja, Chhattisgarh

Kanakpur is a medium size village located in Surajpur Tehsil of Surguja district, Chhattisgarh with total 237 families residing. The Kanakpur village has population of 1154 of which 586 are males while 568 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kanakpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 200 which makes up 17.33 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kanakpur village is 969 which is lower than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Kanakpur as per census is 1020, higher than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Kanakpur village has higher literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Kanakpur village was 76.73 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Kanakpur Male literacy stands at 89.32 % while female literacy rate was 63.60 %.

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

Kanakpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 237 - -
Population 1,154 586 568
Child (0-6) 200 99 101
Schedule Caste 19 13 6
Schedule Tribe 556 274 282
Literacy 76.73 % 89.32 % 63.60 %
Total Workers 582 354 228
Main Worker 442 - -
Marginal Worker 140 65 75

Caste Factor

In Kanakpur village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 48.18 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 1.65 % of total population in Kanakpur village.

Work Profile

In Kanakpur village out of total population, 582 were engaged in work activities. 75.95 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 24.05 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 582 workers engaged in Main Work, 225 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 93 were Agricultural labourer.