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Dahimal Population - Dhenkanal, Orissa

Dahimal is a medium size village located in Dhenkanal Sadar Block of Dhenkanal district, Orissa with total 89 families residing. The Dahimal village has population of 421 of which 220 are males while 201 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dahimal village population of children with age 0-6 is 67 which makes up 15.91 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dahimal village is 914 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Dahimal as per census is 971, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Dahimal village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Dahimal village was 81.36 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Dahimal Male literacy stands at 86.02 % while female literacy rate was 76.19 %.

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

Dahimal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 89 - -
Population 421 220 201
Child (0-6) 67 34 33
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 50 28 22
Literacy 81.36 % 86.02 % 76.19 %
Total Workers 126 114 12
Main Worker 120 - -
Marginal Worker 6 5 1

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 11.88 % of total population in Dahimal village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dahimal village of Dhenkanal.

Work Profile

In Dahimal village out of total population, 126 were engaged in work activities. 95.24 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.76 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 126 workers engaged in Main Work, 24 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 15 were Agricultural labourer.