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Vekta Population - Kendrapara, Orissa

Vekta is a medium size village located in Rajnagar Block of Kendrapara district, Orissa with total 295 families residing. The Vekta village has population of 1427 of which 726 are males while 701 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Vekta village population of children with age 0-6 is 223 which makes up 15.63 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Vekta village is 966 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Vekta as per census is 715, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Vekta village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Vekta village was 75.91 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Vekta Male literacy stands at 88.93 % while female literacy rate was 63.16 %.

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

Vekta Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 295 - -
Population 1,427 726 701
Child (0-6) 223 130 93
Schedule Caste 11 5 6
Schedule Tribe 113 59 54
Literacy 75.91 % 88.93 % 63.16 %
Total Workers 410 365 45
Main Worker 277 - -
Marginal Worker 133 109 24

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 7.92 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.77 % of total population in Vekta village.

Work Profile

In Vekta village out of total population, 410 were engaged in work activities. 67.56 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 32.44 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 410 workers engaged in Main Work, 92 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 133 were Agricultural labourer.