Dhakata Population - Mayurbhanj, Orissa

Dhakata is a medium size village located in Badampahar Block of Mayurbhanj district, Orissa with total 155 families residing. The Dhakata village has population of 787 of which 371 are males while 416 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhakata village population of children with age 0-6 is 161 which makes up 20.46 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhakata village is 1121 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhakata as per census is 1091, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Dhakata village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhakata village was 36.10 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Dhakata Male literacy stands at 47.62 % while female literacy rate was 25.90 %.

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

Dhakata Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	155	-	-
Population	787	371	416
Child (0-6)	161	77	84
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	666	320	346
Literacy	36.10 %	47.62 %	25.90 %
Total Workers	459	215	244
Main Worker	283	-	-
Marginal Worker	176	69	107

Caste Factor

In Dhakata village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 84.63 % of total population in Dhakata village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dhakata village of Mayurbhanj.

Work Profile

In Dhakata village out of total population, 459 were engaged in work activities. 61.66 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 38.34 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 459 workers engaged in Main Work, 178 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 96 were Agricultural labourer.