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Khankar Population - Dhenkanal, Orissa

Khankar is a medium size village located in Gandia Block of Dhenkanal district, Orissa with total 305 families residing. The Khankar village has population of 1341 of which 680 are males while 661 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Khankar village population of children with age 0-6 is 140 which makes up 10.44 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Khankar village is 972 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Khankar as per census is 667, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Khankar village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Khankar village was 87.76 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Khankar Male literacy stands at 91.44 % while female literacy rate was 84.13 %.

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

Khankar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 305 - -
Population 1,341 680 661
Child (0-6) 140 84 56
Schedule Caste 42 21 21
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 87.76 % 91.44 % 84.13 %
Total Workers 352 338 14
Main Worker 231 - -
Marginal Worker 121 116 5

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 3.13 % of total population in Khankar village. The village Khankar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Khankar village out of total population, 352 were engaged in work activities. 65.63 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 34.38 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 352 workers engaged in Main Work, 101 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 11 were Agricultural labourer.