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Parakana Population - Kendrapara, Orissa

Parakana is a medium size village located in Patkura Block of Kendrapara district, Orissa with total 299 families residing. The Parakana village has population of 1246 of which 577 are males while 669 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Parakana village population of children with age 0-6 is 106 which makes up 8.51 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Parakana village is 1159 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Parakana as per census is 1038, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Parakana village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Parakana village was 87.72 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Parakana Male literacy stands at 95.24 % while female literacy rate was 81.30 %.

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

Parakana Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 299 - -
Population 1,246 577 669
Child (0-6) 106 52 54
Schedule Caste 217 98 119
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 87.72 % 95.24 % 81.30 %
Total Workers 324 305 19
Main Worker 313 - -
Marginal Worker 11 3 8

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 17.42 % of total population in Parakana village. The village Parakana currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Parakana village out of total population, 324 were engaged in work activities. 96.60 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.40 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 324 workers engaged in Main Work, 178 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 71 were Agricultural labourer.