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Ostia Population - Kendrapara, Orissa

Ostia is a medium size village located in Rajnagar Block of Kendrapara district, Orissa with total 279 families residing. The Ostia village has population of 1325 of which 682 are males while 643 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ostia village population of children with age 0-6 is 158 which makes up 11.92 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ostia village is 943 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Ostia as per census is 837, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Ostia village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Ostia village was 85.18 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Ostia Male literacy stands at 90.77 % while female literacy rate was 79.33 %.

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

Ostia Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 279 - -
Population 1,325 682 643
Child (0-6) 158 86 72
Schedule Caste 54 23 31
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 85.18 % 90.77 % 79.33 %
Total Workers 401 381 20
Main Worker 345 - -
Marginal Worker 56 44 12

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 4.08 % of total population in Ostia village. The village Ostia currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Ostia village out of total population, 401 were engaged in work activities. 86.03 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 13.97 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 401 workers engaged in Main Work, 198 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 24 were Agricultural labourer.