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Sankhua Population - Baleshwar, Orissa

Sankhua is a medium size village located in Singla Block of Baleshwar district, Orissa with total 172 families residing. The Sankhua village has population of 662 of which 349 are males while 313 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sankhua village population of children with age 0-6 is 64 which makes up 9.67 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sankhua village is 897 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Sankhua as per census is 684, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Sankhua village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Sankhua village was 93.81 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Sankhua Male literacy stands at 96.46 % while female literacy rate was 90.94 %.

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

Sankhua Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 172 - -
Population 662 349 313
Child (0-6) 64 38 26
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 93.81 % 96.46 % 90.94 %
Total Workers 235 222 13
Main Worker 234 - -
Marginal Worker 1 0 1

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Sankhua village of Baleshwar district.

Work Profile

In Sankhua village out of total population, 235 were engaged in work activities. 99.57 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.43 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 235 workers engaged in Main Work, 164 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 59 were Agricultural labourer.