Kalkheta Population - Kandhamal, Orissa

Kalkheta is a medium size village located in Tikabali Block of Kandhamal district, Orissa with total 58 families residing. The Kalkheta village has population of 215 of which 109 are males while 106 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kalkheta village population of children with age 0-6 is 23 which makes up 10.70 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kalkheta village is 972 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Kalkheta as per census is 1300, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Kalkheta village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Kalkheta village was 50.00 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Kalkheta Male literacy stands at 64.65 % while female literacy rate was 34.41 %.

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

Kalkheta Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	58	-	-
Population	215	109	106
Child (0-6)	23	10	13
Schedule Caste	29	15	14
Schedule Tribe	106	54	52
Literacy	50.00 %	64.65 %	34.41 %
Total Workers	128	67	61
Main Worker	48	-	-
Marginal Worker	80	21	59

Caste Factor

In Kalkheta village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 49.30 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 13.49 % of total population in Kalkheta village.

Work Profile

In Kalkheta village out of total population, 128 were engaged in work activities. 37.50 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 62.50 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 128 workers engaged in Main Work, 9 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.