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Sahanikera Population - Puri, Orissa

Sahanikera is a medium size village located in Sadar Block of Puri district, Orissa with total 341 families residing. The Sahanikera village has population of 1608 of which 813 are males while 795 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sahanikera village population of children with age 0-6 is 163 which makes up 10.14 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sahanikera village is 978 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Sahanikera as per census is 791, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Sahanikera village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Sahanikera village was 84.15 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Sahanikera Male literacy stands at 90.58 % while female literacy rate was 77.73 %.

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

Sahanikera Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 341 - -
Population 1,608 813 795
Child (0-6) 163 91 72
Schedule Caste 152 74 78
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 84.15 % 90.58 % 77.73 %
Total Workers 680 459 221
Main Worker 436 - -
Marginal Worker 244 47 197

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 9.45 % of total population in Sahanikera village. The village Sahanikera currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sahanikera village out of total population, 680 were engaged in work activities. 64.12 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 35.88 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 680 workers engaged in Main Work, 367 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 31 were Agricultural labourer.