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Sankus Population - Kalahandi, Orissa

Sankus is a small village located in Madanpur Rampur Block of Kalahandi district, Orissa with total 28 families residing. The Sankus village has population of 112 of which 58 are males while 54 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sankus village population of children with age 0-6 is 31 which makes up 27.68 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sankus village is 931 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Sankus as per census is 550, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Sankus village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Sankus village was 25.93 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Sankus Male literacy stands at 44.74 % while female literacy rate was 9.30 %.

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

Sankus Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 28 - -
Population 112 58 54
Child (0-6) 31 20 11
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 112 58 54
Literacy 25.93 % 44.74 % 9.30 %
Total Workers 61 29 32
Main Worker 27 - -
Marginal Worker 34 3 31

Caste Factor

In Sankus village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Sankus village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Sankus village of Kalahandi.

Work Profile

In Sankus village out of total population, 61 were engaged in work activities. 44.26 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 55.74 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 61 workers engaged in Main Work, 24 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.