Joka Population - Mayurbhanj, Orissa

Joka is a medium size village located in Bangiriposi Block of Mayurbhanj district, Orissa with total 366 families residing. The Joka village has population of 1479 of which 729 are males while 750 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Joka village population of children with age 0-6 is 267 which makes up 18.05 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Joka village is 1029 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Joka as per census is 880, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Joka village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Joka village was 42.24 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Joka Male literacy stands at 56.39 % while female literacy rate was 28.96 %.

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

Joka Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	366	-	-
Population	1,479	729	750
Child (0-6)	267	142	125
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	1,306	642	664
Literacy	42.24 %	56.39 %	28.96 %
Total Workers	865	406	459
Main Worker	353	-	-
Marginal Worker	512	98	414

Caste Factor

In Joka village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 88.30 % of total population in Joka village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Joka village of Mayurbhanj.

Work Profile

In Joka village out of total population, 865 were engaged in work activities. 40.81 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 59.19 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 865 workers engaged in Main Work, 210 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 118 were Agricultural labourer.