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Damikia Population - Kandhamal, Orissa

Damikia is a medium size village located in Baliguda Block of Kandhamal district, Orissa with total 65 families residing. The Damikia village has population of 280 of which 144 are males while 136 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Damikia village population of children with age 0-6 is 67 which makes up 23.93 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Damikia village is 944 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Damikia as per census is 1233, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Damikia village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Damikia village was 58.22 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Damikia Male literacy stands at 72.81 % while female literacy rate was 41.41 %.

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

Damikia Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 65 - -
Population 280 144 136
Child (0-6) 67 30 37
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 125 64 61
Literacy 58.22 % 72.81 % 41.41 %
Total Workers 134 68 66
Main Worker 87 - -
Marginal Worker 47 5 42

Caste Factor

In Damikia village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 44.64 % of total population in Damikia village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Damikia village of Kandhamal.

Work Profile

In Damikia village out of total population, 134 were engaged in work activities. 64.93 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 35.07 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 134 workers engaged in Main Work, 23 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.