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Pentha Population - Ganjam, Orissa

Pentha is a medium size village located in NUAGAON Block of Ganjam district, Orissa with total 180 families residing. The Pentha village has population of 884 of which 467 are males while 417 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pentha village population of children with age 0-6 is 116 which makes up 13.12 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pentha village is 893 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Pentha as per census is 611, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Pentha village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Pentha village was 62.37 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Pentha Male literacy stands at 68.61 % while female literacy rate was 55.76 %.

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

Pentha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 180 - -
Population 884 467 417
Child (0-6) 116 72 44
Schedule Caste 163 92 71
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 62.37 % 68.61 % 55.76 %
Total Workers 518 286 232
Main Worker 235 - -
Marginal Worker 283 125 158

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 18.44 % of total population in Pentha village. The village Pentha currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Pentha village out of total population, 518 were engaged in work activities. 45.37 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 54.63 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 518 workers engaged in Main Work, 22 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 187 were Agricultural labourer.