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Banka Population - Ganjam, Orissa

Banka is a medium size village located in GANGAPUR Block of Ganjam district, Orissa with total 354 families residing. The Banka village has population of 1448 of which 669 are males while 779 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Banka village population of children with age 0-6 is 163 which makes up 11.26 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Banka village is 1164 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Banka as per census is 791, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Banka village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Banka village was 78.99 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Banka Male literacy stands at 85.81 % while female literacy rate was 73.41 %.

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

Banka Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 354 - -
Population 1,448 669 779
Child (0-6) 163 91 72
Schedule Caste 288 136 152
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 78.99 % 85.81 % 73.41 %
Total Workers 635 342 293
Main Worker 357 - -
Marginal Worker 278 33 245

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 19.89 % of total population in Banka village. The village Banka currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Banka village out of total population, 635 were engaged in work activities. 56.22 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 43.78 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 635 workers engaged in Main Work, 168 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 8 were Agricultural labourer.