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Kanikkaniyan Population - Vellore, Tamil Nadu

Kanikkaniyan is a medium size village located in Vellore Taluka of Vellore district, Tamil Nadu with total 168 families residing. The Kanikkaniyan village has population of 600 of which 292 are males while 308 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kanikkaniyan village population of children with age 0-6 is 52 which makes up 8.67 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kanikkaniyan village is 1055 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Kanikkaniyan as per census is 1261, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Kanikkaniyan village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Kanikkaniyan village was 79.56 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Kanikkaniyan Male literacy stands at 90.33 % while female literacy rate was 69.18 %.

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

Kanikkaniyan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 168 - -
Population 600 292 308
Child (0-6) 52 23 29
Schedule Caste 48 19 29
Schedule Tribe 8 5 3
Literacy 79.56 % 90.33 % 69.18 %
Total Workers 361 190 171
Main Worker 336 - -
Marginal Worker 25 4 21

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 8.00 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.33 % of total population in Kanikkaniyan village.

Work Profile

In Kanikkaniyan village out of total population, 361 were engaged in work activities. 93.07 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.93 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 361 workers engaged in Main Work, 70 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 41 were Agricultural labourer.