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Dedar Population - Kalahandi, Orissa

Dedar is a medium size village located in Junagarh Block of Kalahandi district, Orissa with total 416 families residing. The Dedar village has population of 1704 of which 842 are males while 862 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dedar village population of children with age 0-6 is 265 which makes up 15.55 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dedar village is 1024 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Dedar as per census is 879, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Dedar village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Dedar village was 46.42 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Dedar Male literacy stands at 59.49 % while female literacy rate was 34.01 %.

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

Dedar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 416 - -
Population 1,704 842 862
Child (0-6) 265 141 124
Schedule Caste 181 95 86
Schedule Tribe 1,257 607 650
Literacy 46.42 % 59.49 % 34.01 %
Total Workers 835 448 387
Main Worker 495 - -
Marginal Worker 340 142 198

Caste Factor

In Dedar village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 73.77 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 10.62 % of total population in Dedar village.

Work Profile

In Dedar village out of total population, 835 were engaged in work activities. 59.28 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 40.72 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 835 workers engaged in Main Work, 235 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 210 were Agricultural labourer.