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Sankhei Population - Nayagarh, Orissa

Sankhei is a medium size village located in Sarankul Block of Nayagarh district, Orissa with total 468 families residing. The Sankhei village has population of 1696 of which 883 are males while 813 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sankhei village population of children with age 0-6 is 163 which makes up 9.61 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sankhei village is 921 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Sankhei as per census is 772, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Sankhei village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Sankhei village was 72.73 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Sankhei Male literacy stands at 81.16 % while female literacy rate was 63.75 %.

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

Sankhei Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 468 - -
Population 1,696 883 813
Child (0-6) 163 92 71
Schedule Caste 89 44 45
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 72.73 % 81.16 % 63.75 %
Total Workers 520 495 25
Main Worker 456 - -
Marginal Worker 64 60 4

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 5.25 % of total population in Sankhei village. The village Sankhei currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sankhei village out of total population, 520 were engaged in work activities. 87.69 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 12.31 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 520 workers engaged in Main Work, 144 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 171 were Agricultural labourer.