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Damaka Population - Cuttack, Orissa

Damaka is a medium size village located in Tangi Block of Cuttack district, Orissa with total 245 families residing. The Damaka village has population of 1239 of which 638 are males while 601 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Damaka village population of children with age 0-6 is 138 which makes up 11.14 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Damaka village is 942 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Damaka as per census is 840, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Damaka village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Damaka village was 85.47 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Damaka Male literacy stands at 92.54 % while female literacy rate was 78.07 %.

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

Damaka Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 245 - -
Population 1,239 638 601
Child (0-6) 138 75 63
Schedule Caste 314 153 161
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 85.47 % 92.54 % 78.07 %
Total Workers 411 357 54
Main Worker 260 - -
Marginal Worker 151 122 29

Caste Factor

Damaka village of Cuttack has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 25.34 % of total population in Damaka village. The village Damaka currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Damaka village out of total population, 411 were engaged in work activities. 63.26 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 36.74 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 411 workers engaged in Main Work, 78 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 83 were Agricultural labourer.