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Dhanpota Population - Mayurbhanj, Orissa

Dhanpota is a medium size village located in Barsahi Block of Mayurbhanj district, Orissa with total 293 families residing. The Dhanpota village has population of 1142 of which 560 are males while 582 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhanpota village population of children with age 0-6 is 139 which makes up 12.17 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhanpota village is 1039 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhanpota as per census is 782, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Dhanpota village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhanpota village was 59.62 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Dhanpota Male literacy stands at 73.03 % while female literacy rate was 47.22 %.

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

Dhanpota Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 293 - -
Population 1,142 560 582
Child (0-6) 139 78 61
Schedule Caste 4 3 1
Schedule Tribe 403 214 189
Literacy 59.62 % 73.03 % 47.22 %
Total Workers 641 325 316
Main Worker 59 - -
Marginal Worker 582 282 300

Caste Factor

In Dhanpota village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 35.29 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.35 % of total population in Dhanpota village.

Work Profile

In Dhanpota village out of total population, 641 were engaged in work activities. 9.20 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 90.80 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 641 workers engaged in Main Work, 5 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 6 were Agricultural labourer.