Sitajhar Population - Kandhamal, Orissa

Sitajhar is a small village located in Tikabali Block of Kandhamal district, Orissa with total 38 families residing. The Sitajhar village has population of 157 of which 80 are males while 77 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sitajhar village population of children with age 0-6 is 14 which makes up 8.92 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sitajhar village is 963 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Sitajhar as per census is 1000, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Sitajhar village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Sitajhar village was 63.64 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Sitajhar Male literacy stands at 82.19 % while female literacy rate was 44.29 %.

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

Sitajhar Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	38	-	-
Population	157	80	77
Child (0-6)	14	7	7
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	156	80	76
Literacy	63.64 %	82.19 %	44.29 %
Total Workers	108	57	51
Main Worker	35	-	-
Marginal Worker	73	22	51

Caste Factor

In Sitajhar village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.36 % of total population in Sitajhar village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Sitajhar village of Kandhamal.

Work Profile

In Sitajhar village out of total population, 108 were engaged in work activities. 32.41 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 67.59 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 108 workers engaged in Main Work, 25 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 7 were Agricultural labourer.