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Kelapara Population - Kandhamal, Orissa

Kelapara is a medium size village located in Phiringia Block of Kandhamal district, Orissa with total 354 families residing. The Kelapara village has population of 1349 of which 672 are males while 677 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kelapara village population of children with age 0-6 is 186 which makes up 13.79 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kelapara village is 1007 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Kelapara as per census is 898, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Kelapara village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Kelapara village was 59.42 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Kelapara Male literacy stands at 71.43 % while female literacy rate was 47.71 %.

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

Kelapara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 354 - -
Population 1,349 672 677
Child (0-6) 186 98 88
Schedule Caste 515 262 253
Schedule Tribe 125 64 61
Literacy 59.42 % 71.43 % 47.71 %
Total Workers 610 362 248
Main Worker 360 - -
Marginal Worker 250 134 116

Caste Factor

In Kelapara village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 38.18 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 9.27 % of total population in Kelapara village.

Work Profile

In Kelapara village out of total population, 610 were engaged in work activities. 59.02 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 40.98 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 610 workers engaged in Main Work, 25 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 9 were Agricultural labourer.