Kuskela Population - Balangir, Orissa

Kuskela is a medium size village located in Sindhekela Block of Balangir district, Orissa with total 404 families residing. The Kuskela village has population of 1578 of which 838 are males while 740 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kuskela village population of children with age 0-6 is 201 which makes up 12.74 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kuskela village is 883 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Kuskela as per census is 661, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Kuskela village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Kuskela village was 61.29 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Kuskela Male literacy stands at 77.13 % while female literacy rate was 44.09 %.

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

Kuskela Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	404	-	-
Population	1,578	838	740
Child (0-6)	201	121	80
Schedule Caste	681	370	311
Schedule Tribe	446	228	218
Literacy	61.29 %	77.13 %	44.09 %
Total Workers	667	438	229
Main Worker	157	-	-
Marginal Worker	510	323	187

Caste Factor

In Kuskela village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 43.16 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 28.26 % of total population in Kuskela village.

Work Profile

In Kuskela village out of total population, 667 were engaged in work activities. 23.54 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 76.46 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 667 workers engaged in Main Work, 44 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 53 were Agricultural labourer.