Dandika Population - Baleshwar, Orissa

Dandika is a medium size village located in Basta Block of Baleshwar district, Orissa with total 104 families residing. The Dandika village has population of 502 of which 266 are males while 236 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dandika village population of children with age 0-6 is 72 which makes up 14.34 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dandika village is 887 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Dandika as per census is 895, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Dandika village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Dandika village was 80.93 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Dandika Male literacy stands at 87.28 % while female literacy rate was 73.76 %.

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

Dandika Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	104	-	-
Population	502	266	236
Child (0-6)	72	38	34
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	180	95	85
Literacy	80.93 %	87.28 %	73.76 %
Total Workers	186	144	42
Main Worker	79	-	-
Marginal Worker	107	70	37

Caste Factor

In Dandika village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 35.86 % of total population in Dandika village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dandika village of Baleshwar.

Work Profile

In Dandika village out of total population, 186 were engaged in work activities. 42.47 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 57.53 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 186 workers engaged in Main Work, 31 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.