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Podajalanga Population - Sundargarh, Orissa

Podajalanga is a medium size village located in Sundargarh Block of Sundargarh district, Orissa with total 380 families residing. The Podajalanga village has population of 1431 of which 699 are males while 732 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Podajalanga village population of children with age 0-6 is 171 which makes up 11.95 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Podajalanga village is 1047 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Podajalanga as per census is 1060, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Podajalanga village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Podajalanga village was 61.43 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Podajalanga Male literacy stands at 71.75 % while female literacy rate was 51.55 %.

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

Podajalanga Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 380 - -
Population 1,431 699 732
Child (0-6) 171 83 88
Schedule Caste 41 20 21
Schedule Tribe 1,220 590 630
Literacy 61.43 % 71.75 % 51.55 %
Total Workers 904 460 444
Main Worker 611 - -
Marginal Worker 293 142 151

Caste Factor

In Podajalanga village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 85.26 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 2.87 % of total population in Podajalanga village.

Work Profile

In Podajalanga village out of total population, 904 were engaged in work activities. 67.59 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 32.41 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 904 workers engaged in Main Work, 430 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 50 were Agricultural labourer.