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Dekani Population - Kendrapara, Orissa

Dekani is a medium size village located in Marsaghai Block of Kendrapara district, Orissa with total 123 families residing. The Dekani village has population of 519 of which 275 are males while 244 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dekani village population of children with age 0-6 is 53 which makes up 10.21 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dekani village is 887 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Dekani as per census is 656, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Dekani village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Dekani village was 96.78 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Dekani Male literacy stands at 99.18 % while female literacy rate was 94.17 %.

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

Dekani Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 123 - -
Population 519 275 244
Child (0-6) 53 32 21
Schedule Caste 23 11 12
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 96.78 % 99.18 % 94.17 %
Total Workers 156 115 41
Main Worker 83 - -
Marginal Worker 73 38 35

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 4.43 % of total population in Dekani village. The village Dekani currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dekani village out of total population, 156 were engaged in work activities. 53.21 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 46.79 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 156 workers engaged in Main Work, 10 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 31 were Agricultural labourer.