Dhodel Population - Kalahandi, Orissa

Dhodel is a medium size village located in Lanjigarh Block of Kalahandi district, Orissa with total 65 families residing. The Dhodel village has population of 287 of which 147 are males while 140 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhodel village population of children with age 0-6 is 63 which makes up 21.95 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhodel village is 952 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhodel as per census is 909, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Dhodel village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhodel village was 33.04 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Dhodel Male literacy stands at 47.37 % while female literacy rate was 18.18 %.

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

Dhodel Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	65	-	-
Population	287	147	140
Child (0-6)	63	33	30
Schedule Caste	93	48	45
Schedule Tribe	169	87	82
Literacy	33.04 %	47.37 %	18.18 %
Total Workers	180	89	91
Main Worker	13	-	-
Marginal Worker	167	77	90

Caste Factor

In Dhodel village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 58.89 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 32.40 % of total population in Dhodel village.

Work Profile

In Dhodel village out of total population, 180 were engaged in work activities. 7.22 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 92.78 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 180 workers engaged in Main Work, 6 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.