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Kerkera Population - Mayurbhanj, Orissa

Kerkera is a medium size village located in Karanjia Block of Mayurbhanj district, Orissa with total 409 families residing. The Kerkera village has population of 1814 of which 908 are males while 906 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kerkera village population of children with age 0-6 is 259 which makes up 14.28 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kerkera village is 998 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Kerkera as per census is 1158, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Kerkera village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Kerkera village was 64.76 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Kerkera Male literacy stands at 72.21 % while female literacy rate was 57.11 %.

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

Kerkera Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 409 - -
Population 1,814 908 906
Child (0-6) 259 120 139
Schedule Caste 163 78 85
Schedule Tribe 1,059 526 533
Literacy 64.76 % 72.21 % 57.11 %
Total Workers 855 504 351
Main Worker 207 - -
Marginal Worker 648 321 327

Caste Factor

In Kerkera village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 58.38 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 8.99 % of total population in Kerkera village.

Work Profile

In Kerkera village out of total population, 855 were engaged in work activities. 24.21 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 75.79 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 855 workers engaged in Main Work, 60 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 23 were Agricultural labourer.