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Jaka Population - Dhenkanal, Orissa

Jaka is a medium size village located in Parajang Block of Dhenkanal district, Orissa with total 330 families residing. The Jaka village has population of 1242 of which 641 are males while 601 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jaka village population of children with age 0-6 is 119 which makes up 9.58 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jaka village is 938 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Jaka as per census is 803, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Jaka village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Jaka village was 82.64 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Jaka Male literacy stands at 95.13 % while female literacy rate was 69.53 %.

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

Jaka Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 330 - -
Population 1,242 641 601
Child (0-6) 119 66 53
Schedule Caste 248 125 123
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 82.64 % 95.13 % 69.53 %
Total Workers 357 339 18
Main Worker 71 - -
Marginal Worker 286 276 10

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 19.97 % of total population in Jaka village. The village Jaka currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jaka village out of total population, 357 were engaged in work activities. 19.89 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 80.11 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 357 workers engaged in Main Work, 24 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 23 were Agricultural labourer.