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Kalinga Population - Dhenkanal, Orissa

Kalinga is a medium size village located in Rasol Block of Dhenkanal district, Orissa with total 496 families residing. The Kalinga village has population of 1957 of which 994 are males while 963 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kalinga village population of children with age 0-6 is 195 which makes up 9.96 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kalinga village is 969 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Kalinga as per census is 741, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Kalinga village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Kalinga village was 79.85 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Kalinga Male literacy stands at 86.51 % while female literacy rate was 73.18 %.

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

Kalinga Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 496 - -
Population 1,957 994 963
Child (0-6) 195 112 83
Schedule Caste 572 285 287
Schedule Tribe 216 113 103
Literacy 79.85 % 86.51 % 73.18 %
Total Workers 780 563 217
Main Worker 397 - -
Marginal Worker 383 208 175

Caste Factor

Kalinga village of Dhenkanal has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 29.23 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 11.04 % of total population in Kalinga village.

Work Profile

In Kalinga village out of total population, 780 were engaged in work activities. 50.90 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 49.10 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 780 workers engaged in Main Work, 16 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 94 were Agricultural labourer.