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Sikharapur Population - Ganjam, Orissa

Sikharapur is a medium size village located in PURUSOTTAMPUR Block of Ganjam district, Orissa with total 412 families residing. The Sikharapur village has population of 1973 of which 950 are males while 1023 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sikharapur village population of children with age 0-6 is 234 which makes up 11.86 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sikharapur village is 1077 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Sikharapur as per census is 983, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Sikharapur village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Sikharapur village was 73.15 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Sikharapur Male literacy stands at 85.82 % while female literacy rate was 61.52 %.

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

Sikharapur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 412 - -
Population 1,973 950 1,023
Child (0-6) 234 118 116
Schedule Caste 388 196 192
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 73.15 % 85.82 % 61.52 %
Total Workers 1,075 594 481
Main Worker 494 - -
Marginal Worker 581 223 358

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 19.67 % of total population in Sikharapur village. The village Sikharapur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sikharapur village out of total population, 1075 were engaged in work activities. 45.95 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 54.05 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1075 workers engaged in Main Work, 207 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 64 were Agricultural labourer.