Ostia Population - Nayagarh, Orissa

Ostia is a medium size village located in Dasapalla Block of Nayagarh district, Orissa with total 62 families residing. The Ostia village has population of 213 of which 112 are males while 101 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ostia village population of children with age 0-6 is 33 which makes up 15.49 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ostia village is 902 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Ostia as per census is 500, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Ostia village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Ostia village was 79.44 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Ostia Male literacy stands at 91.11 % while female literacy rate was 67.78 %.

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

Ostia Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	62	-	-
Population	213	112	101
Child (0-6)	33	22	11
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	108	59	49
Literacy	79.44 %	91.11 %	67.78 %
Total Workers	144	75	69
Main Worker	51	-	-
Marginal Worker	93	29	64

Caste Factor

In Ostia village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 50.70 % of total population in Ostia village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Ostia village of Nayagarh.

Work Profile

In Ostia village out of total population, 144 were engaged in work activities. 35.42 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 64.58 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 144 workers engaged in Main Work, 42 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.