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Nakua Population - Jajapur, Orissa

Nakua is a medium size village located in Dharmasala Block of Jajapur district, Orissa with total 49 families residing. The Nakua village has population of 241 of which 138 are males while 103 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nakua village population of children with age 0-6 is 19 which makes up 7.88 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nakua village is 746 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Nakua as per census is 900, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Nakua village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Nakua village was 58.11 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Nakua Male literacy stands at 69.53 % while female literacy rate was 42.55 %.

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

Nakua Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 49 - -
Population 241 138 103
Child (0-6) 19 10 9
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 207 104 103
Literacy 58.11 % 69.53 % 42.55 %
Total Workers 110 95 15
Main Worker 58 - -
Marginal Worker 52 44 8

Caste Factor

In Nakua village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 85.89 % of total population in Nakua village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Nakua village of Jajapur.

Work Profile

In Nakua village out of total population, 110 were engaged in work activities. 52.73 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 47.27 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 110 workers engaged in Main Work, 28 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 9 were Agricultural labourer.