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Chelagada Population - Gajapati, Orissa

Chelagada is a medium size village located in R.Udaygiri Block of Gajapati district, Orissa with total 285 families residing. The Chelagada village has population of 1668 of which 881 are males while 787 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chelagada village population of children with age 0-6 is 208 which makes up 12.47 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chelagada village is 893 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Chelagada as per census is 962, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Chelagada village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Chelagada village was 77.05 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Chelagada Male literacy stands at 88.26 % while female literacy rate was 64.38 %.

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

Chelagada Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 285 - -
Population 1,668 881 787
Child (0-6) 208 106 102
Schedule Caste 18 8 10
Schedule Tribe 834 477 357
Literacy 77.05 % 88.26 % 64.38 %
Total Workers 689 351 338
Main Worker 303 - -
Marginal Worker 386 95 291

Caste Factor

In Chelagada village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 50.00 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 1.08 % of total population in Chelagada village.

Work Profile

In Chelagada village out of total population, 689 were engaged in work activities. 43.98 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 56.02 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 689 workers engaged in Main Work, 33 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 164 were Agricultural labourer.