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Jakia Population - Dhenkanal, Orissa

Jakia is a medium size village located in Nihalprasad Block of Dhenkanal district, Orissa with total 79 families residing. The Jakia village has population of 359 of which 192 are males while 167 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jakia village population of children with age 0-6 is 40 which makes up 11.14 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jakia village is 870 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Jakia as per census is 600, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Jakia village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Jakia village was 78.37 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Jakia Male literacy stands at 82.63 % while female literacy rate was 73.68 %.

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

Jakia Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 79 - -
Population 359 192 167
Child (0-6) 40 25 15
Schedule Caste 6 3 3
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 78.37 % 82.63 % 73.68 %
Total Workers 95 91 4
Main Worker 67 - -
Marginal Worker 28 25 3

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 1.67 % of total population in Jakia village. The village Jakia currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jakia village out of total population, 95 were engaged in work activities. 70.53 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 29.47 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 95 workers engaged in Main Work, 2 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 36 were Agricultural labourer.