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Khokasa Population - Dhenkanal, Orissa

Khokasa is a medium size village located in Kamakshyanagar Block of Dhenkanal district, Orissa with total 289 families residing. The Khokasa village has population of 1264 of which 648 are males while 616 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Khokasa village population of children with age 0-6 is 139 which makes up 11.00 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Khokasa village is 951 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Khokasa as per census is 829, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Khokasa village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Khokasa village was 89.16 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Khokasa Male literacy stands at 94.76 % while female literacy rate was 83.36 %.

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

Khokasa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 289 - -
Population 1,264 648 616
Child (0-6) 139 76 63
Schedule Caste 470 243 227
Schedule Tribe 167 84 83
Literacy 89.16 % 94.76 % 83.36 %
Total Workers 492 399 93
Main Worker 212 - -
Marginal Worker 280 196 84

Caste Factor

In Khokasa village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 37.18 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 13.21 % of total population in Khokasa village.

Work Profile

In Khokasa village out of total population, 492 were engaged in work activities. 43.09 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 56.91 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 492 workers engaged in Main Work, 162 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.