Othaka Population - Puri, Orissa

Othaka is a medium size village located in Kakatpur Block of Puri district, Orissa with total 437 families residing. The Othaka village has population of 1904 of which 965 are males while 939 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Othaka village population of children with age 0-6 is 187 which makes up 9.82 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Othaka village is 973 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Othaka as per census is 833, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Othaka village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Othaka village was 83.40 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Othaka Male literacy stands at 92.00 % while female literacy rate was 74.71 %.

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

Othaka Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	437	-	-
Population	1,904	965	939
Child (0-6)	187	102	85
Schedule Caste	828	410	418
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	83.40 %	92.00 %	74.71 %
Total Workers	695	588	107
Main Worker	612	-	-
Marginal Worker	83	50	33

Caste Factor

In Othaka village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 43.49 % of total population in Othaka village. The village Othaka currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Othaka village out of total population, 695 were engaged in work activities. 88.06 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 11.94 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 695 workers engaged in Main Work, 235 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 158 were Agricultural labourer.