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Santhapur Population - Dhenkanal, Orissa

Santhapur is a medium size village located in Gandia Block of Dhenkanal district, Orissa with total 361 families residing. The Santhapur village has population of 1488 of which 769 are males while 719 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Santhapur village population of children with age 0-6 is 150 which makes up 10.08 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Santhapur village is 935 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Santhapur as per census is 724, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Santhapur village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Santhapur village was 78.25 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Santhapur Male literacy stands at 86.95 % while female literacy rate was 69.21 %.

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

Santhapur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 361 - -
Population 1,488 769 719
Child (0-6) 150 87 63
Schedule Caste 257 131 126
Schedule Tribe 269 146 123
Literacy 78.25 % 86.95 % 69.21 %
Total Workers 567 445 122
Main Worker 429 - -
Marginal Worker 138 50 88

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 18.08 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 17.27 % of total population in Santhapur village.

Work Profile

In Santhapur village out of total population, 567 were engaged in work activities. 75.66 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 24.34 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 567 workers engaged in Main Work, 84 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 80 were Agricultural labourer.