Dhaandapala Population - Koraput, Orissa

Dhaandapala is a medium size village located in Kotpad Block of Koraput district, Orissa with total 163 families residing. The Dhaandapala village has population of 511 of which 240 are males while 271 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhaandapala village population of children with age 0-6 is 77 which makes up 15.07 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhaandapala village is 1129 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhaandapala as per census is 1333, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Dhaandapala village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhaandapala village was 47.93 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Dhaandapala Male literacy stands at 60.39 % while female literacy rate was 36.56 %.

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

Dhaandapala Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	163	-	-
Population	511	240	271
Child (0-6)	77	33	44
Schedule Caste	150	67	83
Schedule Tribe	290	135	155
Literacy	47.93 %	60.39 %	36.56 %
Total Workers	299	142	157
Main Worker	116	-	-
Marginal Worker	183	69	114

Caste Factor

In Dhaandapala village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 56.75 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 29.35 % of total population in Dhaandapala village.

Work Profile

In Dhaandapala village out of total population, 299 were engaged in work activities. 38.80 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 61.20 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 299 workers engaged in Main Work, 63 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.