Dhekunkupa Population - Kalahandi, Orissa

Dhekunkupa is a medium size village located in Madanpur Rampur Block of Kalahandi district, Orissa with total 119 families residing. The Dhekunkupa village has population of 453 of which 221 are males while 232 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhekunkupa village population of children with age 0-6 is 83 which makes up 18.32 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhekunkupa village is 1050 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhekunkupa as per census is 886, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Dhekunkupa village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhekunkupa village was 47.30 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Dhekunkupa Male literacy stands at 55.93 % while female literacy rate was 39.38 %.

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

Dhekunkupa Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	119	-	-
Population	453	221	232
Child (0-6)	83	44	39
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	260	125	135
Literacy	47.30 %	55.93 %	39.38 %
Total Workers	256	134	122
Main Worker	132	-	-
Marginal Worker	124	31	93

Caste Factor

In Dhekunkupa village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 57.40 % of total population in Dhekunkupa village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dhekunkupa village of Kalahandi.

Work Profile

In Dhekunkupa village out of total population, 256 were engaged in work activities. 51.56 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 48.44 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 256 workers engaged in Main Work, 5 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 124 were Agricultural labourer.