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Thokar Population - Dhenkanal, Orissa

Thokar is a medium size village located in Balimi Block of Dhenkanal district, Orissa with total 431 families residing. The Thokar village has population of 1721 of which 865 are males while 856 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Thokar village population of children with age 0-6 is 184 which makes up 10.69 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Thokar village is 990 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Thokar as per census is 643, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Thokar village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Thokar village was 75.99 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Thokar Male literacy stands at 84.46 % while female literacy rate was 67.86 %.

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

Thokar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 431 - -
Population 1,721 865 856
Child (0-6) 184 112 72
Schedule Caste 110 53 57
Schedule Tribe 13 6 7
Literacy 75.99 % 84.46 % 67.86 %
Total Workers 510 465 45
Main Worker 238 - -
Marginal Worker 272 251 21

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 6.39 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.76 % of total population in Thokar village.

Work Profile

In Thokar village out of total population, 510 were engaged in work activities. 46.67 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 53.33 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 510 workers engaged in Main Work, 78 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 9 were Agricultural labourer.