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Elakana Population - Kendujhar, Orissa

Elakana is a medium size village located in Nandipada Block of Kendujhar district, Orissa with total 123 families residing. The Elakana village has population of 535 of which 270 are males while 265 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Elakana village population of children with age 0-6 is 59 which makes up 11.03 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Elakana village is 981 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Elakana as per census is 1269, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Elakana village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Elakana village was 94.12 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Elakana Male literacy stands at 98.36 % while female literacy rate was 89.66 %.

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

Elakana Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 123 - -
Population 535 270 265
Child (0-6) 59 26 33
Schedule Caste 273 132 141
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 94.12 % 98.36 % 89.66 %
Total Workers 170 157 13
Main Worker 109 - -
Marginal Worker 61 53 8

Caste Factor

In Elakana village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 51.03 % of total population in Elakana village. The village Elakana currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Elakana village out of total population, 170 were engaged in work activities. 64.12 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 35.88 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 170 workers engaged in Main Work, 83 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 13 were Agricultural labourer.