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Erakanta Population - Khordha, Orissa

Erakanta is a medium size village located in Balianta Block of Khordha district, Orissa with total 79 families residing. The Erakanta village has population of 325 of which 174 are males while 151 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Erakanta village population of children with age 0-6 is 39 which makes up 12.00 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Erakanta village is 868 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Erakanta as per census is 857, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Erakanta village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Erakanta village was 76.22 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Erakanta Male literacy stands at 86.93 % while female literacy rate was 63.91 %.

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

Erakanta Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 79 - -
Population 325 174 151
Child (0-6) 39 21 18
Schedule Caste 225 119 106
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 76.22 % 86.93 % 63.91 %
Total Workers 149 100 49
Main Worker 68 - -
Marginal Worker 81 35 46

Caste Factor

In Erakanta village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 69.23 % of total population in Erakanta village. The village Erakanta currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Erakanta village out of total population, 149 were engaged in work activities. 45.64 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 54.36 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 149 workers engaged in Main Work, 6 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 22 were Agricultural labourer.