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megha Population - Cuttack, Orissa

megha is a medium size village located in Athagad Block of Cuttack district, Orissa with total 325 families residing. The megha village has population of 1526 of which 776 are males while 750 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In megha village population of children with age 0-6 is 169 which makes up 11.07 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of megha village is 966 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the megha as per census is 920, lower than Orissa average of 941.

megha village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of megha village was 86.22 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In megha Male literacy stands at 95.64 % while female literacy rate was 76.53 %.

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

megha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 325 - -
Population 1,526 776 750
Child (0-6) 169 88 81
Schedule Caste 208 100 108
Schedule Tribe 96 42 54
Literacy 86.22 % 95.64 % 76.53 %
Total Workers 557 480 77
Main Worker 492 - -
Marginal Worker 65 35 30

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 13.63 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 6.29 % of total population in megha village.

Work Profile

In megha village out of total population, 557 were engaged in work activities. 88.33 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 11.67 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 557 workers engaged in Main Work, 149 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 120 were Agricultural labourer.