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Dakhina Population - Kendrapara, Orissa

Dakhina is a medium size village located in Pattamundai Block of Kendrapara district, Orissa with total 85 families residing. The Dakhina village has population of 463 of which 229 are males while 234 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dakhina village population of children with age 0-6 is 59 which makes up 12.74 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dakhina village is 1022 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Dakhina as per census is 1034, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Dakhina village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Dakhina village was 90.10 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Dakhina Male literacy stands at 97.00 % while female literacy rate was 83.33 %.

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

Dakhina Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 85 - -
Population 463 229 234
Child (0-6) 59 29 30
Schedule Caste 184 99 85
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 90.10 % 97.00 % 83.33 %
Total Workers 287 140 147
Main Worker 109 - -
Marginal Worker 178 40 138

Caste Factor

In Dakhina village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 39.74 % of total population in Dakhina village. The village Dakhina currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dakhina village out of total population, 287 were engaged in work activities. 37.98 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 62.02 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 287 workers engaged in Main Work, 72 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 24 were Agricultural labourer.