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Kanker

North Bastar gateway; aspirational district.

NITI Aayog aspirational districtLWE: Legacy / recoveringHQ Kanker
Delivery score
61.3
Rank 27 of 33
Population
7.5 lakh
749,000 (approx.)
Open grievances
9
of 23 · resolved in time 71%
Below poverty line
39.9%
Literacy 64.1% · ST 55%

Delivery

IndicatorDistrictStateTargetCompared with the stateRank
Malaria annual parasite incidence
Public Health & Family Welfare
3.0 per 1,0002.10.5 43% worse than the state24 / 33
PM Awas (Gramin) houses completed
Panchayat & Rural Development
44.7 %68.0100.0 34% worse than the state29 / 33
Paddy payment turnaround
Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Protection
5.2 days4.02.0 30% worse than the state29 / 33
Services delivered online
Good Governance & Convergence
38.2 %54.085.0 29% worse than the state26 / 33
Grade-3 foundational learning
School Education
34.6 %48.075.0 28% worse than the state27 / 33
Urban solid waste processed
Urban Administration & Development
54.3 %72.0100.0 25% worse than the state29 / 33
MSME registrations per lakh
Commerce & Industry
231.2 /lakh310.0500.0 25% worse than the state26 / 33
ODF-Plus model villages
Panchayat & Rural Development
62.4 %78.0100.0 20% worse than the state29 / 33
Child stunting (under 5)
Women & Child Development
39.9 %34.025.0 17% worse than the state27 / 33
Forest-rights titles digitised
Tribal, OBC & Minority Development
52.8 %62.0100.0 15% worse than the state23 / 33
Full immunisation (12-23 months)
Public Health & Family Welfare
70.2 %80.095.0 12% worse than the state28 / 33
Charge-sheeting rate
Home (Police) & Jail
72.6 %79.090.0 8% worse than the state27 / 33
Institutional deliveries
Public Health & Family Welfare
81.2 %86.095.0 6% worse than the state26 / 33
Rural power supply
Energy
21.4 hrs/day22.424.0 4% worse than the state28 / 33
Secondary enrolment (GER)
School Education
65.1 %67.090.0 3% worse than the state21 / 33
Mahtari Vandan DBT success
Women & Child Development
95.1 %97.099.5 In line with the state29 / 33
Dial-112 response time
Home (Police) & Jail
17.3 min17.010.0 In line with the state18 / 33
Rural households with tap water
Public Health Engineering
80.0 %81.0100.0 In line with the state17 / 33

Who is accountable

DM
Collector & District Magistrate, Kanker
Collector & District Magistrate
SP
Superintendent of Police, Kanker
Superintendent of Police
VU
Vikram Usendi
Member of Legislative Assembly
SM
Savitri Manoj Mandavi
Member of Legislative Assembly
AN
Asharam Netam
Member of Legislative Assembly

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Religion
Caste & community
Economic strata
2023 Assembly vote share
BJP 39.6% · INC 41.2% · Others 19.2%
Assembly seats
2 of 3 held by the CM's party · average margin 11.8 pts · political map →
Literacy (female)
64.1% (47.6%) · graduates 5.4%
Per-capita income
₹87 thousand
Crime per lakh
172 · against women 37.9 · cyber 11.3
LWE incidents (12 mo)
3
Diversity indices
Religious 10.2 · community 59.0 · political competitiveness 70.5

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