Bengisahi Population - Kandhamal, Orissa

Bengisahi is a medium size village located in Tikabali Block of Kandhamal district, Orissa with total 148 families residing. The Bengisahi village has population of 590 of which 284 are males while 306 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bengisahi village population of children with age 0-6 is 66 which makes up 11.19 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bengisahi village is 1077 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Bengisahi as per census is 1129, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Bengisahi village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Bengisahi village was 60.50 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Bengisahi Male literacy stands at 76.68 % while female literacy rate was 45.39 %.

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

Bengisahi Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	148	-	-
Population	590	284	306
Child (0-6)	66	31	35
Schedule Caste	226	105	121
Schedule Tribe	258	129	129
Literacy	60.50 %	76.68 %	45.39 %
Total Workers	328	158	170
Main Worker	293	-	-
Marginal Worker	35	14	21

Caste Factor

In Bengisahi village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 43.73 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 38.31 % of total population in Bengisahi village.

Work Profile

In Bengisahi village out of total population, 328 were engaged in work activities. 89.33 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 10.67 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 328 workers engaged in Main Work, 92 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 51 were Agricultural labourer.