Jorasahi Population - Kandhamal, Orissa

Jorasahi is a medium size village located in Chakapada Block of Kandhamal district, Orissa with total 95 families residing. The Jorasahi village has population of 387 of which 200 are males while 187 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jorasahi village population of children with age 0-6 is 53 which makes up 13.70 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jorasahi village is 935 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Jorasahi as per census is 963, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Jorasahi village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Jorasahi village was 68.26 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Jorasahi Male literacy stands at 84.39 % while female literacy rate was 50.93 %.

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

Jorasahi Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	95	-	-
Population	387	200	187
Child (0-6)	53	27	26
Schedule Caste	150	77	73
Schedule Tribe	165	80	85
Literacy	68.26 %	84.39 %	50.93 %
Total Workers	226	128	98
Main Worker	28	-	-
Marginal Worker	198	107	91

Caste Factor

In Jorasahi village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 42.64 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 38.76 % of total population in Jorasahi village.

Work Profile

In Jorasahi village out of total population, 226 were engaged in work activities. 12.39 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 87.61 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 226 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.