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Samal Population - Dhenkanal, Orissa

Samal is a medium size village located in Bhuban Block of Dhenkanal district, Orissa with total 109 families residing. The Samal village has population of 541 of which 255 are males while 286 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Samal village population of children with age 0-6 is 67 which makes up 12.38 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Samal village is 1122 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Samal as per census is 1577, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Samal village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Samal village was 81.65 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Samal Male literacy stands at 90.83 % while female literacy rate was 73.06 %.

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

Samal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 109 - -
Population 541 255 286
Child (0-6) 67 26 41
Schedule Caste 16 7 9
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 81.65 % 90.83 % 73.06 %
Total Workers 153 140 13
Main Worker 101 - -
Marginal Worker 52 46 6

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 2.96 % of total population in Samal village. The village Samal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Samal village out of total population, 153 were engaged in work activities. 66.01 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 33.99 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 153 workers engaged in Main Work, 44 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.