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Jangu Population - Dhenkanal, Orissa

Jangu is a medium size village located in Parajang Block of Dhenkanal district, Orissa with total 320 families residing. The Jangu village has population of 1169 of which 597 are males while 572 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jangu village population of children with age 0-6 is 122 which makes up 10.44 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jangu village is 958 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Jangu as per census is 1068, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Jangu village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Jangu village was 72.30 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Jangu Male literacy stands at 83.64 % while female literacy rate was 60.31 %.

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

Jangu Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 320 - -
Population 1,169 597 572
Child (0-6) 122 59 63
Schedule Caste 315 155 160
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 72.30 % 83.64 % 60.31 %
Total Workers 267 263 4
Main Worker 228 - -
Marginal Worker 39 39 0

Caste Factor

Jangu village of Dhenkanal has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 26.95 % of total population in Jangu village. The village Jangu currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jangu village out of total population, 267 were engaged in work activities. 85.39 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 14.61 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 267 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 219 were Agricultural labourer.