Kahana Population - Kendrapara, Orissa

Kahana is a medium size village located in Patkura Block of Kendrapara district, Orissa with total 123 families residing. The Kahana village has population of 493 of which 252 are males while 241 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kahana village population of children with age 0-6 is 41 which makes up 8.32 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kahana village is 956 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Kahana as per census is 1050, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Kahana village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Kahana village was 87.17 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Kahana Male literacy stands at 91.38 % while female literacy rate was 82.73 %.

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

Kahana Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	123	-	-
Population	493	252	241
Child (0-6)	41	20	21
Schedule Caste	245	133	112
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	87.17 %	91.38 %	82.73 %
Total Workers	187	166	21
Main Worker	155	-	-
Marginal Worker	32	17	15

Caste Factor

In Kahana village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 49.70 % of total population in Kahana village. The village Kahana currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kahana village out of total population, 187 were engaged in work activities. 82.89 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 17.11 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 187 workers engaged in Main Work, 21 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 109 were Agricultural labourer.