Kanker
Kanker district profile
Kanker is of the districts covered by PACS in Chhattisgarh. The district (area: 5,285 sq km) is situated in the southern region of the state of Chhattisgarh.
Four districts, namely Bastar, Dhamtari, Durg and Rajnandgaon, surround it. Kanker is divided into seven tehsils -- Kanker, Charama, Narharpur, Bhanupratappur, Antagarh, Durgukondal and Pakhanjoor--and seven blocks namely Kanker, Charama, Bhanupratappur, Narharpurn, Antagarh, Durgukondal and Koyali Beda.
Around 56% of the total population belongs to the scheduled tribes.
| No | Indicator | Data |
| 1 | Population | |
| Persons | 650,934 | |
| Male | 324,636 | |
| Female | 326,298 | |
| Children (0 to 4 years) | 73,557 | |
| Decadal growth (1991-2001) | 18.84% | |
| Rural |
619,549 (95.18%) |
|
| Urban | 31,385 (4.82%) | |
| Sex ratio (females per 1,000 males) | 1,005 | |
| Household size (per household) | 5 | |
| SC population |
27,663 (4.25%) |
|
| ST population |
365,031 (56.08%) |
|
| 2 | Literacy rate | |
| Persons | 72.93% | |
| Male | 82.72% | |
| Female | 63.25% | |
| 3 | Religious groups (largest three) | |
| Hindus | 633,925 | |
| Muslims | 5,253 | |
| Others | 5,859 | |
| 4 | Important towns (largest three) | |
| Kanker | 24,478 | |
| NA | NA | |
| NA | NA | |
| 5 | Amenities in villages | |
| Total inhabited villages | 1,068 | |
| Villages with: | ||
| Safe drinking water | 1,007 | |
| Electricity (domestic) | 613 | |
| Primary schools | 949 | |
| Medical facility | 93 | |
| Paved approach road | 327 | |
| 6 | Health | |
| Pregnant women* who received at least three or more antenatal checkups | 62.6% | |
| Pregnant women* who received at least one TT injection | 91.0% | |
| Women* who had institutional delivery | 11.8% | |
| Children aged 12-23 months who were fully immunised** | 74.2% | |
| Children aged 12-35 months who received at least one dose of Vitamin A | 83.4% | |
| 7 | Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme | |
| Households issued job cards# | 151,321 | |
| Cumulative person days employment generated# | 2,705,181 | |
| Households completed 100 days employment# | 1,822 | |
Sources:
*Women aged 15-49 who had their last live/still birth after December 31, 2003
** BCG, three injections of DPT, three doses of polio (excluding Polio 0) and measles
# As on September 8, 2010
Indicator groups 1-5: Basic Data Sheet, Census of India 2001http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Dist_File/datasheet-2214.pdf
Indicator group 6: Tables 4.6, 4.9 and 5.7 in District Level Household and Facility Survey (DLHS-3), 2007-08: India. Chhattisgarh. International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai, 2010; funded by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
Indicator group 7: State-wise NREGA Implementation Status Report in http://nrega.nic.in viewed September 8, 2010
