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Namkana Population - Baleshwar, Orissa

Namkana is a medium size village located in Jaleswar Block of Baleshwar district, Orissa with total 338 families residing. The Namkana village has population of 1492 of which 779 are males while 713 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Namkana village population of children with age 0-6 is 180 which makes up 12.06 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Namkana village is 915 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Namkana as per census is 856, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Namkana village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Namkana village was 78.66 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Namkana Male literacy stands at 85.92 % while female literacy rate was 70.79 %.

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

Namkana Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 338 - -
Population 1,492 779 713
Child (0-6) 180 97 83
Schedule Caste 458 234 224
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 78.66 % 85.92 % 70.79 %
Total Workers 826 493 333
Main Worker 385 - -
Marginal Worker 441 137 304

Caste Factor

Namkana village of Baleshwar has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 30.70 % of total population in Namkana village. The village Namkana currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Namkana village out of total population, 826 were engaged in work activities. 46.61 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 53.39 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 826 workers engaged in Main Work, 206 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 146 were Agricultural labourer.