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Dhenkigada Population - Sundargarh, Orissa

Dhenkigada is a medium size village located in Kinjirkela Block of Sundargarh district, Orissa with total 103 families residing. The Dhenkigada village has population of 360 of which 174 are males while 186 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhenkigada village population of children with age 0-6 is 49 which makes up 13.61 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhenkigada village is 1069 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhenkigada as per census is 531, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Dhenkigada village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhenkigada village was 65.59 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Dhenkigada Male literacy stands at 74.65 % while female literacy rate was 57.99 %.

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

Dhenkigada Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 103 - -
Population 360 174 186
Child (0-6) 49 32 17
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 317 151 166
Literacy 65.59 % 74.65 % 57.99 %
Total Workers 197 99 98
Main Worker 81 - -
Marginal Worker 116 27 89

Caste Factor

In Dhenkigada village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 88.06 % of total population in Dhenkigada village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dhenkigada village of Sundargarh.

Work Profile

In Dhenkigada village out of total population, 197 were engaged in work activities. 41.12 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 58.88 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 197 workers engaged in Main Work, 67 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 6 were Agricultural labourer.