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Dandikia Population - Kandhamal, Orissa

Dandikia is a medium size village located in Phiringia Block of Kandhamal district, Orissa with total 155 families residing. The Dandikia village has population of 610 of which 293 are males while 317 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dandikia village population of children with age 0-6 is 98 which makes up 16.07 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dandikia village is 1082 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Dandikia as per census is 1130, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Dandikia village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Dandikia village was 66.21 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Dandikia Male literacy stands at 84.62 % while female literacy rate was 49.06 %.

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

Dandikia Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 155 - -
Population 610 293 317
Child (0-6) 98 46 52
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 592 285 307
Literacy 66.21 % 84.62 % 49.06 %
Total Workers 161 154 7
Main Worker 158 - -
Marginal Worker 3 1 2

Caste Factor

In Dandikia village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.05 % of total population in Dandikia village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dandikia village of Kandhamal.

Work Profile

In Dandikia village out of total population, 161 were engaged in work activities. 98.14 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.86 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 161 workers engaged in Main Work, 144 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.