Banika Population - Kendujhar, Orissa

Banika is a medium size village located in Ghasipura Block of Kendujhar district, Orissa with total 174 families residing. The Banika village has population of 879 of which 456 are males while 423 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Banika village population of children with age 0-6 is 128 which makes up 14.56 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Banika village is 928 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Banika as per census is 778, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Banika village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Banika village was 68.44 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Banika Male literacy stands at 79.69 % while female literacy rate was 56.68 %.

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

Banika Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	174	-	-
Population	879	456	423
Child (0-6)	128	72	56
Schedule Caste	878	456	422
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	68.44 %	79.69 %	56.68 %
Total Workers	241	225	16
Main Worker	238	-	-
Marginal Worker	3	3	0

Caste Factor

In Banika village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 99.89 % of total population in Banika village. The village Banika currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Banika village out of total population, 241 were engaged in work activities. 98.76 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.24 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 241 workers engaged in Main Work, 88 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 109 were Agricultural labourer.