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Bania Population - Dhenkanal, Orissa

Bania is a medium size village located in Gandia Block of Dhenkanal district, Orissa with total 143 families residing. The Bania village has population of 597 of which 318 are males while 279 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bania village population of children with age 0-6 is 112 which makes up 18.76 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bania village is 877 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Bania as per census is 697, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Bania village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Bania village was 60.21 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Bania Male literacy stands at 69.05 % while female literacy rate was 50.64 %.

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

Bania Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 143 - -
Population 597 318 279
Child (0-6) 112 66 46
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 478 256 222
Literacy 60.21 % 69.05 % 50.64 %
Total Workers 249 163 86
Main Worker 242 - -
Marginal Worker 7 7 0

Caste Factor

In Bania village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 80.07 % of total population in Bania village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Bania village of Dhenkanal.

Work Profile

In Bania village out of total population, 249 were engaged in work activities. 97.19 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.81 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 249 workers engaged in Main Work, 27 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 168 were Agricultural labourer.