Bichana Population - Kendrapara, Orissa

Bichana is a medium size village located in Patkura Block of Kendrapara district, Orissa with total 252 families residing. The Bichana village has population of 1093 of which 550 are males while 543 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bichana village population of children with age 0-6 is 104 which makes up 9.52 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bichana village is 987 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Bichana as per census is 1213, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Bichana village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Bichana village was 87.06 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Bichana Male literacy stands at 92.05 % while female literacy rate was 81.89 %.

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

Bichana Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	252	-	-
Population	1,093	550	543
Child (0-6)	104	47	57
Schedule Caste	407	199	208
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	87.06 %	92.05 %	81.89 %
Total Workers	327	316	11
Main Worker	278	-	-
Marginal Worker	49	47	2

Caste Factor

In Bichana village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 37.24 % of total population in Bichana village. The village Bichana currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Bichana village out of total population, 327 were engaged in work activities. 85.02 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 14.98 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 327 workers engaged in Main Work, 105 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 83 were Agricultural labourer.