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Linga Population - Gajapati, Orissa

Linga is a medium size village located in Serango Block of Gajapati district, Orissa with total 81 families residing. The Linga village has population of 345 of which 181 are males while 164 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Linga village population of children with age 0-6 is 52 which makes up 15.07 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Linga village is 906 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Linga as per census is 1000, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Linga village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Linga village was 69.97 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Linga Male literacy stands at 81.29 % while female literacy rate was 57.25 %.

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

Linga Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 81 - -
Population 345 181 164
Child (0-6) 52 26 26
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 345 181 164
Literacy 69.97 % 81.29 % 57.25 %
Total Workers 170 89 81
Main Worker 54 - -
Marginal Worker 116 39 77

Caste Factor

In Linga village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Linga village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Linga village of Gajapati.

Work Profile

In Linga village out of total population, 170 were engaged in work activities. 31.76 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 68.24 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 170 workers engaged in Main Work, 41 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.