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Sankha Population - Jajapur, Orissa

Sankha is a medium size village located in Dharmasala Block of Jajapur district, Orissa with total 86 families residing. The Sankha village has population of 449 of which 231 are males while 218 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sankha village population of children with age 0-6 is 46 which makes up 10.24 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sankha village is 944 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Sankha as per census is 1000, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Sankha village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Sankha village was 72.95 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Sankha Male literacy stands at 81.73 % while female literacy rate was 63.59 %.

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

Sankha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 86 - -
Population 449 231 218
Child (0-6) 46 23 23
Schedule Caste 197 106 91
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 72.95 % 81.73 % 63.59 %
Total Workers 126 119 7
Main Worker 92 - -
Marginal Worker 34 33 1

Caste Factor

In Sankha village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 43.88 % of total population in Sankha village. The village Sankha currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sankha village out of total population, 126 were engaged in work activities. 73.02 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 26.98 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 126 workers engaged in Main Work, 64 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 12 were Agricultural labourer.