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Malerigam Population - Kandhamal, Orissa

Malerigam is a small village located in Khajuripada Block of Kandhamal district, Orissa with total 35 families residing. The Malerigam village has population of 152 of which 83 are males while 69 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Malerigam village population of children with age 0-6 is 23 which makes up 15.13 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Malerigam village is 831 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Malerigam as per census is 769, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Malerigam village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Malerigam village was 75.19 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Malerigam Male literacy stands at 91.43 % while female literacy rate was 55.93 %.

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

Malerigam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 35 - -
Population 152 83 69
Child (0-6) 23 13 10
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 6 3 3
Literacy 75.19 % 91.43 % 55.93 %
Total Workers 81 40 41
Main Worker 29 - -
Marginal Worker 52 11 41

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 3.95 % of total population in Malerigam village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Malerigam village of Kandhamal.

Work Profile

In Malerigam village out of total population, 81 were engaged in work activities. 35.80 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 64.20 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 81 workers engaged in Main Work, 23 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 6 were Agricultural labourer.