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Paikasta Population - Baleshwar, Orissa

Paikasta is a medium size village located in Soro Block of Baleshwar district, Orissa with total 305 families residing. The Paikasta village has population of 1465 of which 736 are males while 729 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Paikasta village population of children with age 0-6 is 158 which makes up 10.78 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Paikasta village is 990 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Paikasta as per census is 859, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Paikasta village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Paikasta village was 92.27 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Paikasta Male literacy stands at 96.16 % while female literacy rate was 88.41 %.

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

Paikasta Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 305 - -
Population 1,465 736 729
Child (0-6) 158 85 73
Schedule Caste 152 72 80
Schedule Tribe 20 11 9
Literacy 92.27 % 96.16 % 88.41 %
Total Workers 474 428 46
Main Worker 457 - -
Marginal Worker 17 13 4

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 10.38 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.37 % of total population in Paikasta village.

Work Profile

In Paikasta village out of total population, 474 were engaged in work activities. 96.41 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.59 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 474 workers engaged in Main Work, 246 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 43 were Agricultural labourer.