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Khirkona Population - Baleshwar, Orissa

Khirkona is a medium size village located in Similia Block of Baleshwar district, Orissa with total 358 families residing. The Khirkona village has population of 1362 of which 666 are males while 696 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Khirkona village population of children with age 0-6 is 184 which makes up 13.51 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Khirkona village is 1045 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Khirkona as per census is 1244, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Khirkona village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Khirkona village was 80.56 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Khirkona Male literacy stands at 88.53 % while female literacy rate was 72.73 %.

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

Khirkona Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 358 - -
Population 1,362 666 696
Child (0-6) 184 82 102
Schedule Caste 516 260 256
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 80.56 % 88.53 % 72.73 %
Total Workers 522 387 135
Main Worker 367 - -
Marginal Worker 155 53 102

Caste Factor

In Khirkona village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 37.89 % of total population in Khirkona village. The village Khirkona currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Khirkona village out of total population, 522 were engaged in work activities. 70.31 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 29.69 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 522 workers engaged in Main Work, 245 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 32 were Agricultural labourer.