Nuakot Population - Dhenkanal, Orissa

Nuakot is a medium size village located in Hindol Block of Dhenkanal district, Orissa with total 359 families residing. The Nuakot village has population of 1490 of which 758 are males while 732 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nuakot village population of children with age 0-6 is 201 which makes up 13.49 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nuakot village is 966 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Nuakot as per census is 1030, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Nuakot village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Nuakot village was 66.41 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Nuakot Male literacy stands at 78.30 % while female literacy rate was 53.97 %.

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

Nuakot Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	359	-	-
Population	1,490	758	732
Child (0-6)	201	99	102
Schedule Caste	571	283	288
Schedule Tribe	209	103	106
Literacy	66.41 %	78.30 %	53.97 %
Total Workers	697	482	215
Main Worker	414	-	-
Marginal Worker	283	107	176

Caste Factor

In Nuakot village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 38.32 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 14.03 % of total population in Nuakot village.

Work Profile

In Nuakot village out of total population, 697 were engaged in work activities. 59.40 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 40.60 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 697 workers engaged in Main Work, 168 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 107 were Agricultural labourer.