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Kapan Population - Janjgir Champa, Chhattisgarh

Kapan is a large village located in Akaltara Tehsil of Janjgir Champa district, Chhattisgarh with total 876 families residing. The Kapan village has population of 3834 of which 1956 are males while 1878 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kapan village population of children with age 0-6 is 500 which makes up 13.04 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kapan village is 960 which is lower than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Kapan as per census is 961, lower than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Kapan village has higher literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Kapan village was 74.96 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Kapan Male literacy stands at 85.36 % while female literacy rate was 64.12 %.

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

Kapan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 876 - -
Population 3,834 1,956 1,878
Child (0-6) 500 255 245
Schedule Caste 1,054 528 526
Schedule Tribe 114 57 57
Literacy 74.96 % 85.36 % 64.12 %
Total Workers 1,726 1,112 614
Main Worker 1,025 - -
Marginal Worker 701 329 372

Caste Factor

Kapan village of Janjgir Champa has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 27.49 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 2.97 % of total population in Kapan village.

Work Profile

In Kapan village out of total population, 1726 were engaged in work activities. 59.39 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 40.61 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1726 workers engaged in Main Work, 364 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 444 were Agricultural labourer.