Skip to main content Skip to docs navigation

Sankamar Population - Dhenkanal, Orissa

Sankamar is a medium size village located in Parajang Block of Dhenkanal district, Orissa with total 177 families residing. The Sankamar village has population of 657 of which 343 are males while 314 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sankamar village population of children with age 0-6 is 77 which makes up 11.72 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sankamar village is 915 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Sankamar as per census is 540, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Sankamar village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Sankamar village was 85.17 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Sankamar Male literacy stands at 88.05 % while female literacy rate was 82.23 %.

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

Sankamar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 177 - -
Population 657 343 314
Child (0-6) 77 50 27
Schedule Caste 130 65 65
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 85.17 % 88.05 % 82.23 %
Total Workers 216 212 4
Main Worker 39 - -
Marginal Worker 177 176 1

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 19.79 % of total population in Sankamar village. The village Sankamar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sankamar village out of total population, 216 were engaged in work activities. 18.06 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 81.94 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 216 workers engaged in Main Work, 11 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.