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Kostha Population - Mayurbhanj, Orissa

Kostha is a medium size village located in Suliapada Block of Mayurbhanj district, Orissa with total 374 families residing. The Kostha village has population of 1414 of which 739 are males while 675 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kostha village population of children with age 0-6 is 116 which makes up 8.20 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kostha village is 913 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Kostha as per census is 966, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Kostha village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Kostha village was 88.37 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Kostha Male literacy stands at 94.26 % while female literacy rate was 81.88 %.

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

Kostha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 374 - -
Population 1,414 739 675
Child (0-6) 116 59 57
Schedule Caste 224 114 110
Schedule Tribe 72 39 33
Literacy 88.37 % 94.26 % 81.88 %
Total Workers 565 442 123
Main Worker 383 - -
Marginal Worker 182 104 78

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 15.84 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 5.09 % of total population in Kostha village.

Work Profile

In Kostha village out of total population, 565 were engaged in work activities. 67.79 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 32.21 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 565 workers engaged in Main Work, 66 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 86 were Agricultural labourer.