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Dengama Population - Gajapati, Orissa

Dengama is a medium size village located in Mohana Block of Gajapati district, Orissa with total 58 families residing. The Dengama village has population of 261 of which 134 are males while 127 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dengama village population of children with age 0-6 is 30 which makes up 11.49 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dengama village is 948 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Dengama as per census is 765, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Dengama village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Dengama village was 59.31 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Dengama Male literacy stands at 71.79 % while female literacy rate was 46.49 %.

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

Dengama Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 58 - -
Population 261 134 127
Child (0-6) 30 17 13
Schedule Caste 9 6 3
Schedule Tribe 43 22 21
Literacy 59.31 % 71.79 % 46.49 %
Total Workers 167 84 83
Main Worker 19 - -
Marginal Worker 148 66 82

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 16.48 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 3.45 % of total population in Dengama village.

Work Profile

In Dengama village out of total population, 167 were engaged in work activities. 11.38 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 88.62 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 167 workers engaged in Main Work, 17 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.