Chekamara Population - Baleshwar, Orissa

Chekamara is a medium size village located in Berhampur Block of Baleshwar district, Orissa with total 214 families residing. The Chekamara village has population of 910 of which 438 are males while 472 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chekamara village population of children with age 0-6 is 155 which makes up 17.03 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chekamara village is 1078 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Chekamara as per census is 1095, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Chekamara village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Chekamara village was 58.81 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Chekamara Male literacy stands at 68.13 % while female literacy rate was 50.13 %.

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

Chekamara Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	214	-	-
Population	910	438	472
Child (0-6)	155	74	81
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	876	423	453
Literacy	58.81 %	68.13 %	50.13 %
Total Workers	433	240	193
Main Worker	234	-	-
Marginal Worker	199	88	111

Caste Factor

In Chekamara village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 96.26 % of total population in Chekamara village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Chekamara village of Baleshwar.

Work Profile

In Chekamara village out of total population, 433 were engaged in work activities. 54.04 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 45.96 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 433 workers engaged in Main Work, 5 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 65 were Agricultural labourer.