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Dhunkuni Population - Ganjam, Orissa

Dhunkuni is a medium size village located in ASIKA Block of Ganjam district, Orissa with total 133 families residing. The Dhunkuni village has population of 658 of which 313 are males while 345 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhunkuni village population of children with age 0-6 is 76 which makes up 11.55 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhunkuni village is 1102 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhunkuni as per census is 1000, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Dhunkuni village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhunkuni village was 60.82 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Dhunkuni Male literacy stands at 69.45 % while female literacy rate was 53.09 %.

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

Dhunkuni Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 133 - -
Population 658 313 345
Child (0-6) 76 38 38
Schedule Caste 23 9 14
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 60.82 % 69.45 % 53.09 %
Total Workers 316 166 150
Main Worker 188 - -
Marginal Worker 128 22 106

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 3.50 % of total population in Dhunkuni village. The village Dhunkuni currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dhunkuni village out of total population, 316 were engaged in work activities. 59.49 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 40.51 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 316 workers engaged in Main Work, 85 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 19 were Agricultural labourer.