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Orikanta Population - Cuttack, Orissa

Orikanta is a medium size village located in Nemalo Block of Cuttack district, Orissa with total 149 families residing. The Orikanta village has population of 559 of which 273 are males while 286 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Orikanta village population of children with age 0-6 is 60 which makes up 10.73 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Orikanta village is 1048 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Orikanta as per census is 1222, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Orikanta village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Orikanta village was 83.97 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Orikanta Male literacy stands at 96.34 % while female literacy rate was 71.94 %.

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

Orikanta Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 149 - -
Population 559 273 286
Child (0-6) 60 27 33
Schedule Caste 183 84 99
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 83.97 % 96.34 % 71.94 %
Total Workers 220 167 53
Main Worker 173 - -
Marginal Worker 47 37 10

Caste Factor

Orikanta village of Cuttack has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 32.74 % of total population in Orikanta village. The village Orikanta currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Orikanta village out of total population, 220 were engaged in work activities. 78.64 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 21.36 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 220 workers engaged in Main Work, 70 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 12 were Agricultural labourer.