Sankhajode Population - Mayurbhanj, Orissa

Sankhajode is a medium size village located in Betanati Block of Mayurbhanj district, Orissa with total 78 families residing. The Sankhajode village has population of 398 of which 209 are males while 189 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sankhajode village population of children with age 0-6 is 64 which makes up 16.08 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sankhajode village is 904 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Sankhajode as per census is 1000, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Sankhajode village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Sankhajode village was 62.28 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Sankhajode Male literacy stands at 74.58 % while female literacy rate was 48.41 %.

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

Sankhajode Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	78	-	-
Population	398	209	189
Child (0-6)	64	32	32
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	289	155	134
Literacy	62.28 %	74.58 %	48.41 %
Total Workers	234	113	121
Main Worker	185	-	-
Marginal Worker	49	14	35

Caste Factor

In Sankhajode village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 72.61 % of total population in Sankhajode village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Sankhajode village of Mayurbhanj.

Work Profile

In Sankhajode village out of total population, 234 were engaged in work activities. 79.06 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 20.94 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 234 workers engaged in Main Work, 61 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 9 were Agricultural labourer.