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Ranja Population - Dhenkanal, Orissa

Ranja is a medium size village located in Dhenkanal Sadar Block of Dhenkanal district, Orissa with total 258 families residing. The Ranja village has population of 1002 of which 497 are males while 505 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ranja village population of children with age 0-6 is 146 which makes up 14.57 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ranja village is 1016 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Ranja as per census is 848, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Ranja village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Ranja village was 65.30 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Ranja Male literacy stands at 73.21 % while female literacy rate was 57.76 %.

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

Ranja Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 258 - -
Population 1,002 497 505
Child (0-6) 146 79 67
Schedule Caste 530 268 262
Schedule Tribe 98 43 55
Literacy 65.30 % 73.21 % 57.76 %
Total Workers 348 273 75
Main Worker 209 - -
Marginal Worker 139 81 58

Caste Factor

In Ranja village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 52.89 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 9.78 % of total population in Ranja village.

Work Profile

In Ranja village out of total population, 348 were engaged in work activities. 60.06 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 39.94 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 348 workers engaged in Main Work, 12 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 57 were Agricultural labourer.