Birasal Population - Dhenkanal, Orissa

Birasal is a medium size village located in Kankadahad Block of Dhenkanal district, Orissa with total 466 families residing. The Birasal village has population of 1987 of which 1029 are males while 958 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Birasal village population of children with age 0-6 is 220 which makes up 11.07 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Birasal village is 931 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Birasal as per census is 818, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Birasal village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Birasal village was 79.57 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Birasal Male literacy stands at 88.00 % while female literacy rate was 70.66 %.

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

Birasal Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	466	-	-
Population	1,987	1,029	958
Child (0-6)	220	121	99
Schedule Caste	519	265	254
Schedule Tribe	524	269	255
Literacy	79.57 %	88.00 %	70.66 %
Total Workers	1,068	676	392
Main Worker	609	-	-
Marginal Worker	459	130	329

Caste Factor

In Birasal village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 26.37 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 26.12 % of total population in Birasal village.

Work Profile

In Birasal village out of total population, 1068 were engaged in work activities. 57.02 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 42.98 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1068 workers engaged in Main Work, 105 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 22 were Agricultural labourer.