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Kalakatha Population - Debagarh, Orissa

Kalakatha is a medium size village located in Debagarh Block of Debagarh district, Orissa with total 294 families residing. The Kalakatha village has population of 1247 of which 641 are males while 606 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kalakatha village population of children with age 0-6 is 148 which makes up 11.87 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kalakatha village is 945 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Kalakatha as per census is 1242, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Kalakatha village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Kalakatha village was 66.61 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Kalakatha Male literacy stands at 77.74 % while female literacy rate was 54.39 %.

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

Kalakatha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 294 - -
Population 1,247 641 606
Child (0-6) 148 66 82
Schedule Caste 352 180 172
Schedule Tribe 685 351 334
Literacy 66.61 % 77.74 % 54.39 %
Total Workers 649 383 266
Main Worker 254 - -
Marginal Worker 395 185 210

Caste Factor

In Kalakatha village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 54.93 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 28.23 % of total population in Kalakatha village.

Work Profile

In Kalakatha village out of total population, 649 were engaged in work activities. 39.14 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 60.86 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 649 workers engaged in Main Work, 53 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 168 were Agricultural labourer.