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Sankhamur Population - Anugul, Orissa

Sankhamur is a medium size village located in Khamar Block of Anugul district, Orissa with total 484 families residing. The Sankhamur village has population of 1992 of which 999 are males while 993 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sankhamur village population of children with age 0-6 is 230 which makes up 11.55 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sankhamur village is 994 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Sankhamur as per census is 729, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Sankhamur village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Sankhamur village was 73.78 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Sankhamur Male literacy stands at 88.34 % while female literacy rate was 59.71 %.

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

Sankhamur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 484 - -
Population 1,992 999 993
Child (0-6) 230 133 97
Schedule Caste 390 194 196
Schedule Tribe 280 136 144
Literacy 73.78 % 88.34 % 59.71 %
Total Workers 1,129 589 540
Main Worker 409 - -
Marginal Worker 720 334 386

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 19.58 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 14.06 % of total population in Sankhamur village.

Work Profile

In Sankhamur village out of total population, 1129 were engaged in work activities. 36.23 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 63.77 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1129 workers engaged in Main Work, 145 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 122 were Agricultural labourer.