Dihakasti Population - Jajapur, Orissa

Dihakasti is a medium size village located in Jenapur Block of Jajapur district, Orissa with total 65 families residing. The Dihakasti village has population of 289 of which 144 are males while 145 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dihakasti village population of children with age 0-6 is 37 which makes up 12.80 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dihakasti village is 1007 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Dihakasti as per census is 947, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Dihakasti village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Dihakasti village was 80.56 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Dihakasti Male literacy stands at 89.60 % while female literacy rate was 71.65 %.

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

Dihakasti Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	65	-	-
Population	289	144	145
Child (0-6)	37	19	18
Schedule Caste	237	115	122
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	80.56 %	89.60 %	71.65 %
Total Workers	90	84	6
Main Worker	66	-	-
Marginal Worker	24	22	2

Caste Factor

In Dihakasti village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 82.01 % of total population in Dihakasti village. The village Dihakasti currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dihakasti village out of total population, 90 were engaged in work activities. 73.33 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 26.67 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 90 workers engaged in Main Work, 20 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 39 were Agricultural labourer.