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Kurma Population - Gajapati, Orissa

Kurma is a medium size village located in R.Udaygiri Block of Gajapati district, Orissa with total 46 families residing. The Kurma village has population of 201 of which 93 are males while 108 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kurma village population of children with age 0-6 is 41 which makes up 20.40 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kurma village is 1161 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Kurma as per census is 1050, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Kurma village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Kurma village was 23.13 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Kurma Male literacy stands at 34.25 % while female literacy rate was 13.79 %.

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

Kurma Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 46 - -
Population 201 93 108
Child (0-6) 41 20 21
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 165 76 89
Literacy 23.13 % 34.25 % 13.79 %
Total Workers 122 54 68
Main Worker 119 - -
Marginal Worker 3 1 2

Caste Factor

In Kurma village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 82.09 % of total population in Kurma village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kurma village of Gajapati.

Work Profile

In Kurma village out of total population, 122 were engaged in work activities. 97.54 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.46 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 122 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 119 were Agricultural labourer.