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Erakana Population - Cuttack, Orissa

Erakana is a medium size village located in Mahanga Block of Cuttack district, Orissa with total 198 families residing. The Erakana village has population of 818 of which 428 are males while 390 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Erakana village population of children with age 0-6 is 77 which makes up 9.41 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Erakana village is 911 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Erakana as per census is 674, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Erakana village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Erakana village was 87.18 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Erakana Male literacy stands at 93.72 % while female literacy rate was 80.22 %.

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

Erakana Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 198 - -
Population 818 428 390
Child (0-6) 77 46 31
Schedule Caste 141 68 73
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 87.18 % 93.72 % 80.22 %
Total Workers 492 278 214
Main Worker 83 - -
Marginal Worker 409 203 206

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 17.24 % of total population in Erakana village. The village Erakana currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Erakana village out of total population, 492 were engaged in work activities. 16.87 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 83.13 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 492 workers engaged in Main Work, 36 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.