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Dhanapunja Population - Ganjam, Orissa

Dhanapunja is a medium size village located in GANGAPUR Block of Ganjam district, Orissa with total 216 families residing. The Dhanapunja village has population of 1187 of which 618 are males while 569 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhanapunja village population of children with age 0-6 is 137 which makes up 11.54 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhanapunja village is 921 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhanapunja as per census is 1108, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Dhanapunja village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhanapunja village was 80.57 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Dhanapunja Male literacy stands at 89.87 % while female literacy rate was 70.22 %.

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

Dhanapunja Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 216 - -
Population 1,187 618 569
Child (0-6) 137 65 72
Schedule Caste 170 88 82
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 80.57 % 89.87 % 70.22 %
Total Workers 435 356 79
Main Worker 307 - -
Marginal Worker 128 78 50

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 14.32 % of total population in Dhanapunja village. The village Dhanapunja currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dhanapunja village out of total population, 435 were engaged in work activities. 70.57 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 29.43 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 435 workers engaged in Main Work, 88 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 35 were Agricultural labourer.