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Oshala Population - Jajapur, Orissa

Oshala is a medium size village located in Korai Block of Jajapur district, Orissa with total 253 families residing. The Oshala village has population of 1065 of which 537 are males while 528 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Oshala village population of children with age 0-6 is 132 which makes up 12.39 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Oshala village is 983 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Oshala as per census is 784, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Oshala village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Oshala village was 86.71 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Oshala Male literacy stands at 90.06 % while female literacy rate was 83.40 %.

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

Oshala Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 253 - -
Population 1,065 537 528
Child (0-6) 132 74 58
Schedule Caste 323 163 160
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 86.71 % 90.06 % 83.40 %
Total Workers 257 250 7
Main Worker 192 - -
Marginal Worker 65 63 2

Caste Factor

Oshala village of Jajapur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 30.33 % of total population in Oshala village. The village Oshala currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Oshala village out of total population, 257 were engaged in work activities. 74.71 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 25.29 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 257 workers engaged in Main Work, 88 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 77 were Agricultural labourer.