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Arakhapur Population - Ganjam, Orissa

Arakhapur is a large village located in PURUSOTTAMPUR Block of Ganjam district, Orissa with total 755 families residing. The Arakhapur village has population of 3530 of which 1693 are males while 1837 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Arakhapur village population of children with age 0-6 is 414 which makes up 11.73 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Arakhapur village is 1085 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Arakhapur as per census is 917, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Arakhapur village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Arakhapur village was 62.13 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Arakhapur Male literacy stands at 70.48 % while female literacy rate was 54.61 %.

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

Arakhapur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 755 - -
Population 3,530 1,693 1,837
Child (0-6) 414 216 198
Schedule Caste 728 346 382
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 62.13 % 70.48 % 54.61 %
Total Workers 1,388 893 495
Main Worker 821 - -
Marginal Worker 567 231 336

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 20.62 % of total population in Arakhapur village. The village Arakhapur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Arakhapur village out of total population, 1388 were engaged in work activities. 59.15 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 40.85 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1388 workers engaged in Main Work, 424 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 228 were Agricultural labourer.