Kona Population - Koraput, Orissa

Kona is a medium size village located in Nandapur Block of Koraput district, Orissa with total 154 families residing. The Kona village has population of 696 of which 346 are males while 350 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kona village population of children with age 0-6 is 148 which makes up 21.26 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kona village is 1012 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Kona as per census is 973, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Kona village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Kona village was 23.54 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Kona Male literacy stands at 39.48 % while female literacy rate was 7.94 %.

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

Kona Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	154	-	-
Population	696	346	350
Child (0-6)	148	75	73
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	571	286	285
Literacy	23.54 %	39.48 %	7.94 %
Total Workers	406	201	205
Main Worker	230	-	-
Marginal Worker	176	10	166

Caste Factor

In Kona village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 82.04 % of total population in Kona village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kona village of Koraput.

Work Profile

In Kona village out of total population, 406 were engaged in work activities. 56.65 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 43.35 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 406 workers engaged in Main Work, 159 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 16 were Agricultural labourer.