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Tauntara Population - Jajapur, Orissa

Tauntara is a medium size village located in Binjharpur Block of Jajapur district, Orissa with total 264 families residing. The Tauntara village has population of 1404 of which 732 are males while 672 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Tauntara village population of children with age 0-6 is 155 which makes up 11.04 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Tauntara village is 918 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Tauntara as per census is 722, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Tauntara village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Tauntara village was 76.86 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Tauntara Male literacy stands at 84.89 % while female literacy rate was 68.37 %.

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

Tauntara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 264 - -
Population 1,404 732 672
Child (0-6) 155 90 65
Schedule Caste 457 249 208
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 76.86 % 84.89 % 68.37 %
Total Workers 440 411 29
Main Worker 165 - -
Marginal Worker 275 248 27

Caste Factor

Tauntara village of Jajapur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 32.55 % of total population in Tauntara village. The village Tauntara currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Tauntara village out of total population, 440 were engaged in work activities. 37.50 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 62.50 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 440 workers engaged in Main Work, 71 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 28 were Agricultural labourer.