Badapaju Population - Kandhamal, Orissa

Badapaju is a medium size village located in Gochhapada Block of Kandhamal district, Orissa with total 66 families residing. The Badapaju village has population of 302 of which 144 are males while 158 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Badapaju village population of children with age 0-6 is 42 which makes up 13.91 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Badapaju village is 1097 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Badapaju as per census is 1000, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Badapaju village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Badapaju village was 59.23 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Badapaju Male literacy stands at 79.67 % while female literacy rate was 40.88 %.

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

Badapaju Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	66	-	-
Population	302	144	158
Child (0-6)	42	21	21
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	299	143	156
Literacy	59.23 %	79.67 %	40.88 %
Total Workers	189	91	98
Main Worker	44	-	-
Marginal Worker	145	66	79

Caste Factor

In Badapaju village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.01 % of total population in Badapaju village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Badapaju village of Kandhamal.

Work Profile

In Badapaju village out of total population, 189 were engaged in work activities. 23.28 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 76.72 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 189 workers engaged in Main Work, 42 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.