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Dhenkana Population - Nayagarh, Orissa

Dhenkana is a medium size village located in Nayagarh Sadar Block of Nayagarh district, Orissa with total 331 families residing. The Dhenkana village has population of 1498 of which 778 are males while 720 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhenkana village population of children with age 0-6 is 161 which makes up 10.75 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhenkana village is 925 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhenkana as per census is 789, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Dhenkana village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhenkana village was 78.23 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Dhenkana Male literacy stands at 86.92 % while female literacy rate was 69.03 %.

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

Dhenkana Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 331 - -
Population 1,498 778 720
Child (0-6) 161 90 71
Schedule Caste 53 27 26
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 78.23 % 86.92 % 69.03 %
Total Workers 502 474 28
Main Worker 71 - -
Marginal Worker 431 415 16

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 3.54 % of total population in Dhenkana village. The village Dhenkana currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dhenkana village out of total population, 502 were engaged in work activities. 14.14 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 85.86 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 502 workers engaged in Main Work, 16 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.