Dukum Population - Rayagada, Orissa

Dukum is a medium size village located in Bishamakatak Block of Rayagada district, Orissa with total 202 families residing. The Dukum village has population of 1179 of which 633 are males while 546 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dukum village population of children with age 0-6 is 148 which makes up 12.55 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dukum village is 863 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Dukum as per census is 805, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Dukum village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Dukum village was 66.05 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Dukum Male literacy stands at 78.58 % while female literacy rate was 51.67 %.

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

Dukum Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	202	-	-
Population	1,179	633	546
Child (0-6)	148	82	66
Schedule Caste	305	151	154
Schedule Tribe	630	357	273
Literacy	66.05 %	78.58 %	51.67 %
Total Workers	270	215	55
Main Worker	241	-	-
Marginal Worker	29	11	18

Caste Factor

In Dukum village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 53.44 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 25.87 % of total population in Dukum village.

Work Profile

In Dukum village out of total population, 270 were engaged in work activities. 89.26 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 10.74 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 270 workers engaged in Main Work, 55 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 95 were Agricultural labourer.