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Raikula Population - Baleshwar, Orissa

Raikula is a medium size village located in Khaira Block of Baleshwar district, Orissa with total 350 families residing. The Raikula village has population of 1545 of which 769 are males while 776 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Raikula village population of children with age 0-6 is 152 which makes up 9.84 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Raikula village is 1009 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Raikula as per census is 1203, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Raikula village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Raikula village was 84.85 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Raikula Male literacy stands at 90.71 % while female literacy rate was 78.93 %.

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

Raikula Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 350 - -
Population 1,545 769 776
Child (0-6) 152 69 83
Schedule Caste 879 445 434
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 84.85 % 90.71 % 78.93 %
Total Workers 852 465 387
Main Worker 621 - -
Marginal Worker 231 48 183

Caste Factor

In Raikula village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 56.89 % of total population in Raikula village. The village Raikula currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Raikula village out of total population, 852 were engaged in work activities. 72.89 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 27.11 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 852 workers engaged in Main Work, 543 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 31 were Agricultural labourer.