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Kankewa Population - Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh

Kankewa is a medium size village located in Saraipali Tehsil of Mahasamund district, Chhattisgarh with total 328 families residing. The Kankewa village has population of 1297 of which 682 are males while 615 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kankewa village population of children with age 0-6 is 116 which makes up 8.94 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kankewa village is 902 which is lower than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Kankewa as per census is 933, lower than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Kankewa village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Kankewa village was 67.99 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Kankewa Male literacy stands at 78.14 % while female literacy rate was 56.71 %.

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

Kankewa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 328 - -
Population 1,297 682 615
Child (0-6) 116 60 56
Schedule Caste 134 64 70
Schedule Tribe 191 90 101
Literacy 67.99 % 78.14 % 56.71 %
Total Workers 644 382 262
Main Worker 643 - -
Marginal Worker 1 0 1

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 14.73 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 10.33 % of total population in Kankewa village.

Work Profile

In Kankewa village out of total population, 644 were engaged in work activities. 99.84 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.16 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 644 workers engaged in Main Work, 246 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 360 were Agricultural labourer.