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Dedimaha Population - Kandhamal, Orissa

Dedimaha is a medium size village located in Baliguda Block of Kandhamal district, Orissa with total 85 families residing. The Dedimaha village has population of 452 of which 231 are males while 221 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dedimaha village population of children with age 0-6 is 70 which makes up 15.49 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dedimaha village is 957 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Dedimaha as per census is 795, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Dedimaha village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Dedimaha village was 56.02 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Dedimaha Male literacy stands at 68.23 % while female literacy rate was 43.68 %.

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

Dedimaha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 85 - -
Population 452 231 221
Child (0-6) 70 39 31
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 358 183 175
Literacy 56.02 % 68.23 % 43.68 %
Total Workers 292 140 152
Main Worker 54 - -
Marginal Worker 238 91 147

Caste Factor

In Dedimaha village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 79.20 % of total population in Dedimaha village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dedimaha village of Kandhamal.

Work Profile

In Dedimaha village out of total population, 292 were engaged in work activities. 18.49 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 81.51 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 292 workers engaged in Main Work, 50 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.