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Kanakata Population - Gajapati, Orissa

Kanakata is a small village located in R.Udaygiri Block of Gajapati district, Orissa with total 35 families residing. The Kanakata village has population of 194 of which 105 are males while 89 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kanakata village population of children with age 0-6 is 32 which makes up 16.49 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kanakata village is 848 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Kanakata as per census is 1000, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Kanakata village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Kanakata village was 17.90 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Kanakata Male literacy stands at 25.84 % while female literacy rate was 8.22 %.

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

Kanakata Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 35 - -
Population 194 105 89
Child (0-6) 32 16 16
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 194 105 89
Literacy 17.90 % 25.84 % 8.22 %
Total Workers 133 69 64
Main Worker 122 - -
Marginal Worker 11 7 4

Caste Factor

In Kanakata village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Kanakata village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kanakata village of Gajapati.

Work Profile

In Kanakata village out of total population, 133 were engaged in work activities. 91.73 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 8.27 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 133 workers engaged in Main Work, 35 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 87 were Agricultural labourer.