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Jalakana Population - Kendrapara, Orissa

Jalakana is a medium size village located in Mahakalapada Block of Kendrapara district, Orissa with total 129 families residing. The Jalakana village has population of 517 of which 270 are males while 247 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jalakana village population of children with age 0-6 is 54 which makes up 10.44 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jalakana village is 915 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Jalakana as per census is 929, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Jalakana village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Jalakana village was 88.55 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Jalakana Male literacy stands at 92.15 % while female literacy rate was 84.62 %.

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

Jalakana Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 129 - -
Population 517 270 247
Child (0-6) 54 28 26
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 88.55 % 92.15 % 84.62 %
Total Workers 328 175 153
Main Worker 169 - -
Marginal Worker 159 34 125

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Jalakana village of Kendrapara district.

Work Profile

In Jalakana village out of total population, 328 were engaged in work activities. 51.52 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 48.48 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 328 workers engaged in Main Work, 137 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 22 were Agricultural labourer.