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Banja Population - Jajapur, Orissa

Banja is a medium size village located in Sukinda Block of Jajapur district, Orissa with total 209 families residing. The Banja village has population of 948 of which 495 are males while 453 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Banja village population of children with age 0-6 is 95 which makes up 10.02 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Banja village is 915 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Banja as per census is 827, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Banja village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Banja village was 73.27 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Banja Male literacy stands at 80.59 % while female literacy rate was 65.37 %.

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

Banja Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 209 - -
Population 948 495 453
Child (0-6) 95 52 43
Schedule Caste 191 99 92
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 73.27 % 80.59 % 65.37 %
Total Workers 286 276 10
Main Worker 119 - -
Marginal Worker 167 165 2

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 20.15 % of total population in Banja village. The village Banja currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Banja village out of total population, 286 were engaged in work activities. 41.61 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 58.39 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 286 workers engaged in Main Work, 57 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 8 were Agricultural labourer.