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Lanka Population - Ganjam, Orissa

Lanka is a medium size village located in JARADA Block of Ganjam district, Orissa with total 113 families residing. The Lanka village has population of 500 of which 212 are males while 288 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Lanka village population of children with age 0-6 is 86 which makes up 17.20 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Lanka village is 1358 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Lanka as per census is 1457, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Lanka village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Lanka village was 62.32 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Lanka Male literacy stands at 77.40 % while female literacy rate was 51.05 %.

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

Lanka Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 113 - -
Population 500 212 288
Child (0-6) 86 35 51
Schedule Caste 11 4 7
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 62.32 % 77.40 % 51.05 %
Total Workers 261 120 141
Main Worker 170 - -
Marginal Worker 91 9 82

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 2.20 % of total population in Lanka village. The village Lanka currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Lanka village out of total population, 261 were engaged in work activities. 65.13 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 34.87 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 261 workers engaged in Main Work, 56 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 58 were Agricultural labourer.