Nahkanar Population - Bastar, Chhattisgarh

Nahkanar is a medium size village located in Kondagaon Tehsil of Bastar district, Chhattisgarh with total 111 families residing. The Nahkanar village has population of 586 of which 303 are males while 283 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nahkanar village population of children with age 0-6 is 100 which makes up 17.06 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nahkanar village is 934 which is lower than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Nahkanar as per census is 786, lower than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Nahkanar village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Nahkanar village was 19.14 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Nahkanar Male literacy stands at 23.08 % while female literacy rate was 15.06 %.

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

Nahkanar Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	111	-	-
Population	586	303	283
Child (0-6)	100	56	44
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	528	275	253
Literacy	19.14 %	23.08 %	15.06 %
Total Workers	267	147	120
Main Worker	250	-	-
Marginal Worker	17	2	15

Caste Factor

In Nahkanar village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 90.10 % of total population in Nahkanar village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Nahkanar village of Bastar.

Work Profile

In Nahkanar village out of total population, 267 were engaged in work activities. 93.63 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.37 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 267 workers engaged in Main Work, 244 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.