Dhekunpani Population - Nuapada, Orissa

Dhekunpani is a medium size village located in KOMNA Block of Nuapada district, Orissa with total 232 families residing. The Dhekunpani village has population of 909 of which 460 are males while 449 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhekunpani village population of children with age 0-6 is 141 which makes up 15.51 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhekunpani village is 976 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhekunpani as per census is 1014, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Dhekunpani village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhekunpani village was 40.76 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Dhekunpani Male literacy stands at 55.13 % while female literacy rate was 25.93 %.

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

Dhekunpani Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	232	-	-
Population	909	460	449
Child (0-6)	141	70	71
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	398	207	191
Literacy	40.76 %	55.13 %	25.93 %
Total Workers	460	244	216
Main Worker	179	-	-
Marginal Worker	281	74	207

Caste Factor

In Dhekunpani village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 43.78 % of total population in Dhekunpani village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dhekunpani village of Nuapada.

Work Profile

In Dhekunpani village out of total population, 460 were engaged in work activities. 38.91 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 61.09 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 460 workers engaged in Main Work, 139 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 21 were Agricultural labourer.