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Salagan Population - Baleshwar, Orissa

Salagan is a medium size village located in Soro Block of Baleshwar district, Orissa with total 111 families residing. The Salagan village has population of 493 of which 252 are males while 241 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Salagan village population of children with age 0-6 is 63 which makes up 12.78 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Salagan village is 956 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Salagan as per census is 800, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Salagan village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Salagan village was 87.44 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Salagan Male literacy stands at 96.77 % while female literacy rate was 77.93 %.

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

Salagan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 111 - -
Population 493 252 241
Child (0-6) 63 35 28
Schedule Caste 89 43 46
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 87.44 % 96.77 % 77.93 %
Total Workers 162 155 7
Main Worker 158 - -
Marginal Worker 4 4 0

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 18.05 % of total population in Salagan village. The village Salagan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Salagan village out of total population, 162 were engaged in work activities. 97.53 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.47 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 162 workers engaged in Main Work, 117 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.