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Mota Population - Dhenkanal, Orissa

Mota is a medium size village located in Kamakshyanagar Block of Dhenkanal district, Orissa with total 280 families residing. The Mota village has population of 1270 of which 664 are males while 606 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mota village population of children with age 0-6 is 133 which makes up 10.47 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mota village is 913 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Mota as per census is 797, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Mota village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Mota village was 89.36 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Mota Male literacy stands at 94.75 % while female literacy rate was 83.55 %.

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

Mota Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 280 - -
Population 1,270 664 606
Child (0-6) 133 74 59
Schedule Caste 241 122 119
Schedule Tribe 269 131 138
Literacy 89.36 % 94.75 % 83.55 %
Total Workers 456 374 82
Main Worker 321 - -
Marginal Worker 135 74 61

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 21.18 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 18.98 % of total population in Mota village.

Work Profile

In Mota village out of total population, 456 were engaged in work activities. 70.39 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 29.61 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 456 workers engaged in Main Work, 142 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 46 were Agricultural labourer.