Sarka Population - Gajapati, Orissa

Sarka is a medium size village located in Adva Block of Gajapati district, Orissa with total 54 families residing. The Sarka village has population of 287 of which 133 are males while 154 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sarka village population of children with age 0-6 is 64 which makes up 22.30 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sarka village is 1158 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Sarka as per census is 1207, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Sarka village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Sarka village was 36.32 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Sarka Male literacy stands at 43.27 % while female literacy rate was 30.25 %.

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

Sarka Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	54	-	-
Population	287	133	154
Child (0-6)	64	29	35
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	190	94	96
Literacy	36.32 %	43.27 %	30.25 %
Total Workers	141	72	69
Main Worker	48	-	-
Marginal Worker	93	30	63

Caste Factor

In Sarka village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 66.20 % of total population in Sarka village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Sarka village of Gajapati.

Work Profile

In Sarka village out of total population, 141 were engaged in work activities. 34.04 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 65.96 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 141 workers engaged in Main Work, 41 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.