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Derakana Population - Jagatsinghapur, Orissa

Derakana is a medium size village located in Tirtol Block of Jagatsinghapur district, Orissa with total 88 families residing. The Derakana village has population of 389 of which 200 are males while 189 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Derakana village population of children with age 0-6 is 41 which makes up 10.54 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Derakana village is 945 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Derakana as per census is 708, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Derakana village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Derakana village was 89.66 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Derakana Male literacy stands at 94.32 % while female literacy rate was 84.88 %.

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

Derakana Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 88 - -
Population 389 200 189
Child (0-6) 41 24 17
Schedule Caste 138 70 68
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 89.66 % 94.32 % 84.88 %
Total Workers 115 104 11
Main Worker 114 - -
Marginal Worker 1 1 0

Caste Factor

In Derakana village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 35.48 % of total population in Derakana village. The village Derakana currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Derakana village out of total population, 115 were engaged in work activities. 99.13 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.87 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 115 workers engaged in Main Work, 48 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 35 were Agricultural labourer.