Keruna Population - Jajapur, Orissa

Keruna is a medium size village located in Mangalpur Block of Jajapur district, Orissa with total 358 families residing. The Keruna village has population of 1337 of which 662 are males while 675 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Keruna village population of children with age 0-6 is 143 which makes up 10.70 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Keruna village is 1020 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Keruna as per census is 744, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Keruna village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Keruna village was 81.99 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Keruna Male literacy stands at 88.28 % while female literacy rate was 76.06 %.

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

Keruna Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	358	-	-
Population	1,337	662	675
Child (0-6)	143	82	61
Schedule Caste	763	385	378
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	81.99 %	88.28 %	76.06 %
Total Workers	370	319	51
Main Worker	130	-	-
Marginal Worker	240	205	35

Caste Factor

In Keruna village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 57.07 % of total population in Keruna village. The village Keruna currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Keruna village out of total population, 370 were engaged in work activities. 35.14 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 64.86 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 370 workers engaged in Main Work, 29 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 23 were Agricultural labourer.