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Ostia Population - Kendrapara, Orissa

Ostia is a medium size village located in Rajkanika Block of Kendrapara district, Orissa with total 83 families residing. The Ostia village has population of 365 of which 156 are males while 209 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ostia village population of children with age 0-6 is 39 which makes up 10.68 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ostia village is 1340 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Ostia as per census is 1438, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Ostia village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Ostia village was 95.09 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Ostia Male literacy stands at 95.71 % while female literacy rate was 94.62 %.

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

Ostia Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 83 - -
Population 365 156 209
Child (0-6) 39 16 23
Schedule Caste 66 30 36
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 95.09 % 95.71 % 94.62 %
Total Workers 138 82 56
Main Worker 88 - -
Marginal Worker 50 7 43

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 18.08 % of total population in Ostia village. The village Ostia currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Ostia village out of total population, 138 were engaged in work activities. 63.77 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 36.23 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 138 workers engaged in Main Work, 55 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 9 were Agricultural labourer.