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Ratanga Population - Kandhamal, Orissa

Ratanga is a medium size village located in Phiringia Block of Kandhamal district, Orissa with total 247 families residing. The Ratanga village has population of 1001 of which 508 are males while 493 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ratanga village population of children with age 0-6 is 116 which makes up 11.59 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ratanga village is 970 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Ratanga as per census is 902, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Ratanga village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Ratanga village was 74.35 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Ratanga Male literacy stands at 85.23 % while female literacy rate was 63.24 %.

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

Ratanga Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 247 - -
Population 1,001 508 493
Child (0-6) 116 61 55
Schedule Caste 217 108 109
Schedule Tribe 47 26 21
Literacy 74.35 % 85.23 % 63.24 %
Total Workers 489 266 223
Main Worker 232 - -
Marginal Worker 257 69 188

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 21.68 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 4.70 % of total population in Ratanga village.

Work Profile

In Ratanga village out of total population, 489 were engaged in work activities. 47.44 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 52.56 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 489 workers engaged in Main Work, 133 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 53 were Agricultural labourer.