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Chelkuthi Population - Jharsuguda, Orissa

Chelkuthi is a medium size village located in Brajarajnagar Block of Jharsuguda district, Orissa with total 57 families residing. The Chelkuthi village has population of 258 of which 127 are males while 131 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chelkuthi village population of children with age 0-6 is 40 which makes up 15.50 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chelkuthi village is 1031 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Chelkuthi as per census is 818, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Chelkuthi village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Chelkuthi village was 65.60 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Chelkuthi Male literacy stands at 77.14 % while female literacy rate was 54.87 %.

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

Chelkuthi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 57 - -
Population 258 127 131
Child (0-6) 40 22 18
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 86 41 45
Literacy 65.60 % 77.14 % 54.87 %
Total Workers 113 79 34
Main Worker 77 - -
Marginal Worker 36 16 20

Caste Factor

Chelkuthi village of Jharsuguda has substantial population of Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 33.33 % of total population in Chelkuthi village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Chelkuthi village of Jharsuguda.

Work Profile

In Chelkuthi village out of total population, 113 were engaged in work activities. 68.14 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 31.86 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 113 workers engaged in Main Work, 8 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.