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Jakesi Population - Kandhamal, Orissa

Jakesi is a medium size village located in Kotagarh Block of Kandhamal district, Orissa with total 117 families residing. The Jakesi village has population of 534 of which 263 are males while 271 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jakesi village population of children with age 0-6 is 107 which makes up 20.04 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jakesi village is 1030 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Jakesi as per census is 945, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Jakesi village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Jakesi village was 40.75 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Jakesi Male literacy stands at 62.50 % while female literacy rate was 20.09 %.

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

Jakesi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 117 - -
Population 534 263 271
Child (0-6) 107 55 52
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 477 237 240
Literacy 40.75 % 62.50 % 20.09 %
Total Workers 244 139 105
Main Worker 179 - -
Marginal Worker 65 23 42

Caste Factor

In Jakesi village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 89.33 % of total population in Jakesi village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Jakesi village of Kandhamal.

Work Profile

In Jakesi village out of total population, 244 were engaged in work activities. 73.36 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 26.64 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 244 workers engaged in Main Work, 89 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 73 were Agricultural labourer.