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Thenga Population - Dhenkanal, Orissa

Thenga is a medium size village located in Rasol Block of Dhenkanal district, Orissa with total 312 families residing. The Thenga village has population of 1340 of which 699 are males while 641 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Thenga village population of children with age 0-6 is 145 which makes up 10.82 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Thenga village is 917 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Thenga as per census is 883, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Thenga village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Thenga village was 83.93 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Thenga Male literacy stands at 91.96 % while female literacy rate was 75.22 %.

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

Thenga Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 312 - -
Population 1,340 699 641
Child (0-6) 145 77 68
Schedule Caste 238 118 120
Schedule Tribe 11 6 5
Literacy 83.93 % 91.96 % 75.22 %
Total Workers 509 404 105
Main Worker 264 - -
Marginal Worker 245 180 65

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 17.76 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.82 % of total population in Thenga village.

Work Profile

In Thenga village out of total population, 509 were engaged in work activities. 51.87 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 48.13 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 509 workers engaged in Main Work, 74 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 70 were Agricultural labourer.