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Nosta Population - Jajapur, Orissa

Nosta is a medium size village located in Balichandrapur Block of Jajapur district, Orissa with total 247 families residing. The Nosta village has population of 947 of which 475 are males while 472 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nosta village population of children with age 0-6 is 138 which makes up 14.57 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nosta village is 994 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Nosta as per census is 971, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Nosta village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Nosta village was 76.89 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Nosta Male literacy stands at 85.93 % while female literacy rate was 67.82 %.

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

Nosta Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 247 - -
Population 947 475 472
Child (0-6) 138 70 68
Schedule Caste 168 87 81
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 76.89 % 85.93 % 67.82 %
Total Workers 290 275 15
Main Worker 197 - -
Marginal Worker 93 85 8

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 17.74 % of total population in Nosta village. The village Nosta currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Nosta village out of total population, 290 were engaged in work activities. 67.93 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 32.07 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 290 workers engaged in Main Work, 64 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 84 were Agricultural labourer.