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Nilakanthapur Population - Dhenkanal, Orissa

Nilakanthapur is a medium size village located in Bhuban Block of Dhenkanal district, Orissa with total 230 families residing. The Nilakanthapur village has population of 1023 of which 547 are males while 476 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nilakanthapur village population of children with age 0-6 is 131 which makes up 12.81 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nilakanthapur village is 870 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Nilakanthapur as per census is 658, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Nilakanthapur village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Nilakanthapur village was 82.62 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Nilakanthapur Male literacy stands at 90.17 % while female literacy rate was 74.29 %.

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

Nilakanthapur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 230 - -
Population 1,023 547 476
Child (0-6) 131 79 52
Schedule Caste 459 262 197
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 82.62 % 90.17 % 74.29 %
Total Workers 355 310 45
Main Worker 340 - -
Marginal Worker 15 4 11

Caste Factor

In Nilakanthapur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 44.87 % of total population in Nilakanthapur village. The village Nilakanthapur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Nilakanthapur village out of total population, 355 were engaged in work activities. 95.77 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.23 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 355 workers engaged in Main Work, 71 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 228 were Agricultural labourer.