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Dengama Population - Gajapati, Orissa

Dengama is a medium size village located in Adva Block of Gajapati district, Orissa with total 60 families residing. The Dengama village has population of 314 of which 161 are males while 153 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dengama village population of children with age 0-6 is 78 which makes up 24.84 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dengama village is 950 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Dengama as per census is 902, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Dengama village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Dengama village was 27.54 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Dengama Male literacy stands at 35.00 % while female literacy rate was 19.83 %.

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

Dengama Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 60 - -
Population 314 161 153
Child (0-6) 78 41 37
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 306 155 151
Literacy 27.54 % 35.00 % 19.83 %
Total Workers 149 76 73
Main Worker 9 - -
Marginal Worker 140 71 69

Caste Factor

In Dengama village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.45 % of total population in Dengama village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dengama village of Gajapati.

Work Profile

In Dengama village out of total population, 149 were engaged in work activities. 6.04 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 93.96 % 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 0 were Agricultural labourer.