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Sankar Population - Koraput, Orissa

Sankar is a medium size village located in Pottangi Block of Koraput district, Orissa with total 232 families residing. The Sankar village has population of 879 of which 434 are males while 445 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sankar village population of children with age 0-6 is 144 which makes up 16.38 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sankar village is 1025 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Sankar as per census is 973, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Sankar village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Sankar village was 42.31 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Sankar Male literacy stands at 54.29 % while female literacy rate was 30.75 %.

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

Sankar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 232 - -
Population 879 434 445
Child (0-6) 144 73 71
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 689 335 354
Literacy 42.31 % 54.29 % 30.75 %
Total Workers 494 251 243
Main Worker 369 - -
Marginal Worker 125 19 106

Caste Factor

In Sankar village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 78.38 % of total population in Sankar village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Sankar village of Koraput.

Work Profile

In Sankar village out of total population, 494 were engaged in work activities. 74.70 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 25.30 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 494 workers engaged in Main Work, 95 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 264 were Agricultural labourer.