Dhenka Population - Kendujhar, Orissa

Dhenka is a large village located in Soso Block of Kendujhar district, Orissa with total 524 families residing. The Dhenka village has population of 2371 of which 1193 are males while 1178 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhenka village population of children with age 0-6 is 264 which makes up 11.13 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhenka village is 987 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhenka as per census is 1079, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Dhenka village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhenka village was 81.40 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Dhenka Male literacy stands at 88.74 % while female literacy rate was 73.87 %.

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

Dhenka Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	524	-	-
Population	2,371	1,193	1,178
Child (0-6)	264	127	137
Schedule Caste	691	339	352
Schedule Tribe	733	371	362
Literacy	81.40 %	88.74 %	73.87 %
Total Workers	694	632	62
Main Worker	338	-	-
Marginal Worker	356	310	46

Caste Factor

In Dhenka village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 30.92 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 29.14 % of total population in Dhenka village.

Work Profile

In Dhenka village out of total population, 694 were engaged in work activities. 48.70 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 51.30 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 694 workers engaged in Main Work, 188 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.