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Kanja Population - Shajapur, Madhya Pradesh

Kanja is a medium size village located in Shajapur Tehsil of Shajapur district, Madhya Pradesh with total 372 families residing. The Kanja village has population of 1853 of which 966 are males while 887 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kanja village population of children with age 0-6 is 271 which makes up 14.62 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kanja village is 918 which is lower than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Kanja as per census is 895, lower than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Kanja village has lower literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Kanja village was 67.95 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Kanja Male literacy stands at 85.18 % while female literacy rate was 49.28 %.

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

Kanja Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 372 - -
Population 1,853 966 887
Child (0-6) 271 143 128
Schedule Caste 307 164 143
Schedule Tribe 33 16 17
Literacy 67.95 % 85.18 % 49.28 %
Total Workers 969 536 433
Main Worker 586 - -
Marginal Worker 383 125 258

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 16.57 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.78 % of total population in Kanja village.

Work Profile

In Kanja village out of total population, 969 were engaged in work activities. 60.47 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 39.53 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 969 workers engaged in Main Work, 117 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 44 were Agricultural labourer.