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Kothia Population - Baleshwar, Orissa

Kothia is a medium size village located in Basta Block of Baleshwar district, Orissa with total 272 families residing. The Kothia village has population of 1255 of which 643 are males while 612 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kothia village population of children with age 0-6 is 173 which makes up 13.78 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kothia village is 952 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Kothia as per census is 989, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Kothia village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Kothia village was 81.70 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Kothia Male literacy stands at 88.31 % while female literacy rate was 74.71 %.

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

Kothia Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 272 - -
Population 1,255 643 612
Child (0-6) 173 87 86
Schedule Caste 372 196 176
Schedule Tribe 124 62 62
Literacy 81.70 % 88.31 % 74.71 %
Total Workers 478 344 134
Main Worker 253 - -
Marginal Worker 225 114 111

Caste Factor

Kothia village of Baleshwar has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 29.64 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 9.88 % of total population in Kothia village.

Work Profile

In Kothia village out of total population, 478 were engaged in work activities. 52.93 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 47.07 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 478 workers engaged in Main Work, 101 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 92 were Agricultural labourer.