Salaguda Population - Kandhamal, Orissa

Salaguda is a medium size village located in G.Udayagiri Block of Kandhamal district, Orissa with total 145 families residing. The Salaguda village has population of 540 of which 265 are males while 275 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Salaguda village population of children with age 0-6 is 76 which makes up 14.07 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Salaguda village is 1038 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Salaguda as per census is 727, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Salaguda village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Salaguda village was 50.00 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Salaguda Male literacy stands at 69.23 % while female literacy rate was 32.51 %.

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

Salaguda Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	145	-	-
Population	540	265	275
Child (0-6)	76	44	32
Schedule Caste	308	155	153
Schedule Tribe	205	100	105
Literacy	50.00 %	69.23 %	32.51 %
Total Workers	305	148	157
Main Worker	168	-	-
Marginal Worker	137	23	114

Caste Factor

In Salaguda village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 57.04 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 37.96 % of total population in Salaguda village.

Work Profile

In Salaguda village out of total population, 305 were engaged in work activities. 55.08 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 44.92 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 305 workers engaged in Main Work, 104 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 58 were Agricultural labourer.