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Alara Population - Gajapati, Orissa

Alara is a small village located in Mohana Block of Gajapati district, Orissa with total 37 families residing. The Alara village has population of 170 of which 81 are males while 89 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Alara village population of children with age 0-6 is 29 which makes up 17.06 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Alara village is 1099 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Alara as per census is 318, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Alara village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Alara village was 4.26 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Alara Male literacy stands at 8.47 % while female literacy rate was 1.22 %.

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

Alara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 37 - -
Population 170 81 89
Child (0-6) 29 22 7
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 166 78 88
Literacy 4.26 % 8.47 % 1.22 %
Total Workers 79 42 37
Main Worker 34 - -
Marginal Worker 45 14 31

Caste Factor

In Alara village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.65 % of total population in Alara village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Alara village of Gajapati.

Work Profile

In Alara village out of total population, 79 were engaged in work activities. 43.04 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 56.96 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 79 workers engaged in Main Work, 31 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.