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Panikeshar Population - Ganjam, Orissa

Panikeshar is a medium size village located in BUGUDA Block of Ganjam district, Orissa with total 415 families residing. The Panikeshar village has population of 1866 of which 956 are males while 910 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Panikeshar village population of children with age 0-6 is 251 which makes up 13.45 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Panikeshar village is 952 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Panikeshar as per census is 832, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Panikeshar village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Panikeshar village was 73.25 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Panikeshar Male literacy stands at 85.47 % while female literacy rate was 60.68 %.

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

Panikeshar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 415 - -
Population 1,866 956 910
Child (0-6) 251 137 114
Schedule Caste 349 183 166
Schedule Tribe 2 1 1
Literacy 73.25 % 85.47 % 60.68 %
Total Workers 1,166 630 536
Main Worker 497 - -
Marginal Worker 669 265 404

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 18.70 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.11 % of total population in Panikeshar village.

Work Profile

In Panikeshar village out of total population, 1166 were engaged in work activities. 42.62 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 57.38 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1166 workers engaged in Main Work, 172 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 104 were Agricultural labourer.