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Motunga Population - Dhenkanal, Orissa

Motunga is a medium size village located in Motunga Block of Dhenkanal district, Orissa with total 446 families residing. The Motunga village has population of 1883 of which 998 are males while 885 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Motunga village population of children with age 0-6 is 201 which makes up 10.67 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Motunga village is 887 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Motunga as per census is 718, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Motunga village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Motunga village was 76.28 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Motunga Male literacy stands at 83.20 % while female literacy rate was 68.66 %.

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

Motunga Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 446 - -
Population 1,883 998 885
Child (0-6) 201 117 84
Schedule Caste 356 191 165
Schedule Tribe 21 13 8
Literacy 76.28 % 83.20 % 68.66 %
Total Workers 880 618 262
Main Worker 527 - -
Marginal Worker 353 115 238

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 18.91 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.12 % of total population in Motunga village.

Work Profile

In Motunga village out of total population, 880 were engaged in work activities. 59.89 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 40.11 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 880 workers engaged in Main Work, 163 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 94 were Agricultural labourer.