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Chalunigan Population - Baleshwar, Orissa

Chalunigan is a medium size village located in Similia Block of Baleshwar district, Orissa with total 402 families residing. The Chalunigan village has population of 1569 of which 795 are males while 774 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chalunigan village population of children with age 0-6 is 188 which makes up 11.98 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chalunigan village is 974 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Chalunigan as per census is 825, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Chalunigan village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Chalunigan village was 82.04 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Chalunigan Male literacy stands at 90.75 % while female literacy rate was 73.29 %.

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

Chalunigan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 402 - -
Population 1,569 795 774
Child (0-6) 188 103 85
Schedule Caste 277 138 139
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 82.04 % 90.75 % 73.29 %
Total Workers 488 455 33
Main Worker 437 - -
Marginal Worker 51 37 14

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 17.65 % of total population in Chalunigan village. The village Chalunigan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chalunigan village out of total population, 488 were engaged in work activities. 89.55 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 10.45 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 488 workers engaged in Main Work, 220 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 82 were Agricultural labourer.