Kanker is one of 27 districts located in Indian state Chhattisgarh. There are total 7 blocks which comes under Kanker district, and there are total 1070 villages and 5 town areas which comes under this district.
As per Indian government records district code of Kanker district is 413 and number of houses in this district is 145434.
As per Census 2011, total population of this district is 682081. Out of total 682081, male population count is 340049, where as female population count is 342032 in Kanker.
According to the Indian Government population count of year 2011, this district has total 92500 children are in the age group of 0-6 years. In these 92500 children 46726 are boys and 45774 are girl child.
Literacy rate of Kanker district is 59%. 404664 out of total 682081 population is literate in this district.
Going in details, Male literacy rate in this district is 67% and 231127 males are literate out of total 340049 male population, where as female literacy rate is 49% and 173537 out of total 342032 females are literate in this district.
Coming to dark side, illiteracy rate of Kanker district is 40%. 277417 out of total 682081 population is illiterate in this village. In details, Male illiteracy rate in this district is 32% and 108922 males are illiterate out of total 340049 male population, where as female illiteracy rate is 49% and 168495 out of total 342032 females are illiterate in this district.
Total working population of Kanker district is 363646 and non-working population is 318435 and out of 363646 working population 162915 peoples are totally dependent on agriculture.
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