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Dharakota Population - Kandhamal, Orissa

Dharakota is a medium size village located in Kotagarh Block of Kandhamal district, Orissa with total 255 families residing. The Dharakota village has population of 1085 of which 536 are males while 549 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dharakota village population of children with age 0-6 is 178 which makes up 16.41 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dharakota village is 1024 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Dharakota as per census is 894, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Dharakota village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Dharakota village was 31.75 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Dharakota Male literacy stands at 44.12 % while female literacy rate was 20.00 %.

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

Dharakota Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 255 - -
Population 1,085 536 549
Child (0-6) 178 94 84
Schedule Caste 232 122 110
Schedule Tribe 235 117 118
Literacy 31.75 % 44.12 % 20.00 %
Total Workers 621 307 314
Main Worker 29 - -
Marginal Worker 592 278 314

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 21.66 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 21.38 % of total population in Dharakota village.

Work Profile

In Dharakota village out of total population, 621 were engaged in work activities. 4.67 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 95.33 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 621 workers engaged in Main Work, 22 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.