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Kankadajhar Population - Jajapur, Orissa

Kankadajhar is a medium size village located in Jajapur Road Block of Jajapur district, Orissa with total 118 families residing. The Kankadajhar village has population of 571 of which 301 are males while 270 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kankadajhar village population of children with age 0-6 is 72 which makes up 12.61 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kankadajhar village is 897 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Kankadajhar as per census is 636, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Kankadajhar village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Kankadajhar village was 75.75 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Kankadajhar Male literacy stands at 82.49 % while female literacy rate was 68.60 %.

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

Kankadajhar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 118 - -
Population 571 301 270
Child (0-6) 72 44 28
Schedule Caste 478 249 229
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 75.75 % 82.49 % 68.60 %
Total Workers 192 175 17
Main Worker 98 - -
Marginal Worker 94 86 8

Caste Factor

In Kankadajhar village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 83.71 % of total population in Kankadajhar village. The village Kankadajhar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kankadajhar village out of total population, 192 were engaged in work activities. 51.04 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 48.96 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 192 workers engaged in Main Work, 30 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.