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Dengam Population - Mayurbhanj, Orissa

Dengam is a medium size village located in Khunta Block of Mayurbhanj district, Orissa with total 152 families residing. The Dengam village has population of 543 of which 282 are males while 261 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dengam village population of children with age 0-6 is 105 which makes up 19.34 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dengam village is 926 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Dengam as per census is 694, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Dengam village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Dengam village was 22.37 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Dengam Male literacy stands at 26.82 % while female literacy rate was 17.89 %.

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

Dengam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 152 - -
Population 543 282 261
Child (0-6) 105 62 43
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 541 281 260
Literacy 22.37 % 26.82 % 17.89 %
Total Workers 311 161 150
Main Worker 311 - -
Marginal Worker 0 0 0

Caste Factor

In Dengam village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.63 % of total population in Dengam village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dengam village of Mayurbhanj.

Work Profile

In Dengam village out of total population, 311 were engaged in work activities. 100.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 311 workers engaged in Main Work, 9 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 297 were Agricultural labourer.