Ostia is a medium size village located in Gania Block of Nayagarh district, Orissa with total 313 families residing. The Ostia village has population of 1313 of which 700 are males while 613 are females as per Population Census 2011.
In Ostia village population of children with age 0-6 is 179 which makes up 13.63 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ostia village is 876 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Ostia as per census is 755, lower than Orissa average of 941.
Ostia village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Ostia village was 78.75 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Ostia Male literacy stands at 87.79 % while female literacy rate was 68.66 %.
As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Ostia 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 Ostia village.
Ostia Data
| Particulars |
Total |
Male |
Female |
| Total No. of Houses |
313 |
- |
- |
| Population |
1,313 |
700 |
613 |
| Child (0-6) |
179 |
102 |
77 |
| Schedule Caste |
687 |
362 |
325 |
| Schedule Tribe |
23 |
9 |
14 |
| Literacy |
78.75 % |
87.79 % |
68.66 % |
| Total Workers |
461 |
400 |
61 |
| Main Worker |
382 |
- |
- |
| Marginal Worker |
79 |
55 |
24 |
Caste Factor
In Ostia village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC).
Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 52.32 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.75 % of total population in Ostia village.
Work Profile
In Ostia village out of total population, 461 were engaged in work activities. 82.86 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 17.14 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.
Of 461 workers engaged in Main Work, 113 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 143 were Agricultural labourer.