Kathapal Population - Dhenkanal, Orissa

Kathapal is a medium size village located in Gandia Block of Dhenkanal district, Orissa with total 180 families residing. The Kathapal village has population of 876 of which 442 are males while 434 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kathapal village population of children with age 0-6 is 130 which makes up 14.84 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kathapal village is 982 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Kathapal as per census is 857, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Kathapal village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Kathapal village was 77.48 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Kathapal Male literacy stands at 81.72 % while female literacy rate was 73.26 %.

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

Kathapal Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	180	-	-
Population	876	442	434
Child (0-6)	130	70	60
Schedule Caste	781	397	384
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	77.48 %	81.72 %	73.26 %
Total Workers	236	234	2
Main Worker	173	-	-
Marginal Worker	63	63	0

Caste Factor

In Kathapal village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 89.16 % of total population in Kathapal village. The village Kathapal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kathapal village out of total population, 236 were engaged in work activities. 73.31 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 26.69 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 236 workers engaged in Main Work, 38 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 111 were Agricultural labourer.