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Paikasta Population - Jagatsinghapur, Orissa

Paikasta is a medium size village located in Kujang Block of Jagatsinghapur district, Orissa with total 256 families residing. The Paikasta village has population of 1152 of which 581 are males while 571 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Paikasta village population of children with age 0-6 is 100 which makes up 8.68 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Paikasta village is 983 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Paikasta as per census is 961, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Paikasta village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Paikasta village was 89.35 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Paikasta Male literacy stands at 94.72 % while female literacy rate was 83.91 %.

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 256 - -
Population 1,152 581 571
Child (0-6) 100 51 49
Schedule Caste 243 118 125
Schedule Tribe 1 1 0
Literacy 89.35 % 94.72 % 83.91 %
Total Workers 329 319 10
Main Worker 229 - -
Marginal Worker 100 96 4

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 21.09 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.09 % of total population in Paikasta village.

Work Profile

In Paikasta village out of total population, 329 were engaged in work activities. 69.60 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 30.40 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 329 workers engaged in Main Work, 167 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 10 were Agricultural labourer.