Hikiriguda Population - Rayagada, Orissa

Hikiriguda is a small village located in Bishamakatak Block of Rayagada district, Orissa with total 41 families residing. The Hikiriguda village has population of 176 of which 80 are males while 96 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Hikiriguda village population of children with age 0-6 is 24 which makes up 13.64 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Hikiriguda village is 1200 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Hikiriguda as per census is 714, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Hikiriguda village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Hikiriguda village was 41.45 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Hikiriguda Male literacy stands at 53.03 % while female literacy rate was 32.56 %.

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

Hikiriguda Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	41	-	-
Population	176	80	96
Child (0-6)	24	14	10
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	144	65	79
Literacy	41.45 %	53.03 %	32.56 %
Total Workers	90	42	48
Main Worker	71	-	-
Marginal Worker	19	6	13

Caste Factor

In Hikiriguda village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 81.82 % of total population in Hikiriguda village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Hikiriguda village of Rayagada.

Work Profile

In Hikiriguda village out of total population, 90 were engaged in work activities. 78.89 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 21.11 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 90 workers engaged in Main Work, 41 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 28 were Agricultural labourer.