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Parakula Population - Kendrapara, Orissa

Parakula is a medium size village located in Patkura Block of Kendrapara district, Orissa with total 438 families residing. The Parakula village has population of 1756 of which 896 are males while 860 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Parakula village population of children with age 0-6 is 182 which makes up 10.36 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Parakula village is 960 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Parakula as per census is 1116, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Parakula village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Parakula village was 83.55 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Parakula Male literacy stands at 91.85 % while female literacy rate was 74.74 %.

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

Parakula Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 438 - -
Population 1,756 896 860
Child (0-6) 182 86 96
Schedule Caste 194 104 90
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 83.55 % 91.85 % 74.74 %
Total Workers 562 518 44
Main Worker 407 - -
Marginal Worker 155 137 18

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 11.05 % of total population in Parakula village. The village Parakula currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Parakula village out of total population, 562 were engaged in work activities. 72.42 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 27.58 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 562 workers engaged in Main Work, 85 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 97 were Agricultural labourer.