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Mahiskudar Population - Mayurbhanj, Orissa

Mahiskudar is a medium size village located in Jamda Block of Mayurbhanj district, Orissa with total 259 families residing. The Mahiskudar village has population of 1206 of which 590 are males while 616 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mahiskudar village population of children with age 0-6 is 188 which makes up 15.59 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mahiskudar village is 1044 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Mahiskudar as per census is 1136, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Mahiskudar village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Mahiskudar village was 55.60 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Mahiskudar Male literacy stands at 68.33 % while female literacy rate was 43.22 %.

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

Mahiskudar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 259 - -
Population 1,206 590 616
Child (0-6) 188 88 100
Schedule Caste 6 3 3
Schedule Tribe 992 483 509
Literacy 55.60 % 68.33 % 43.22 %
Total Workers 665 308 357
Main Worker 182 - -
Marginal Worker 483 131 352

Caste Factor

In Mahiskudar village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 82.26 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.50 % of total population in Mahiskudar village.

Work Profile

In Mahiskudar village out of total population, 665 were engaged in work activities. 27.37 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 72.63 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 665 workers engaged in Main Work, 152 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 23 were Agricultural labourer.