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Kankar Population - Damoh, Madhya Pradesh

Kankar is a medium size village located in Damoh Tehsil of Damoh district, Madhya Pradesh with total 161 families residing. The Kankar village has population of 622 of which 334 are males while 288 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kankar village population of children with age 0-6 is 104 which makes up 16.72 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kankar village is 862 which is lower than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Kankar as per census is 1039, higher than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Kankar village has lower literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Kankar village was 66.22 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Kankar Male literacy stands at 77.74 % while female literacy rate was 52.34 %.

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

Kankar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 161 - -
Population 622 334 288
Child (0-6) 104 51 53
Schedule Caste 64 34 30
Schedule Tribe 269 148 121
Literacy 66.22 % 77.74 % 52.34 %
Total Workers 300 172 128
Main Worker 280 - -
Marginal Worker 20 11 9

Caste Factor

In Kankar village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 43.25 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 10.29 % of total population in Kankar village.

Work Profile

In Kankar village out of total population, 300 were engaged in work activities. 93.33 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.67 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 300 workers engaged in Main Work, 15 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 226 were Agricultural labourer.