Simalkia Population - Kandhamal, Orissa

Simalkia is a medium size village located in Baliguda Block of Kandhamal district, Orissa with total 70 families residing. The Simalkia village has population of 372 of which 190 are males while 182 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Simalkia village population of children with age 0-6 is 68 which makes up 18.28 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Simalkia village is 958 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Simalkia as per census is 789, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Simalkia village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Simalkia village was 39.47 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Simalkia Male literacy stands at 55.26 % while female literacy rate was 23.68 %.

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

Simalkia Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	70	-	-
Population	372	190	182
Child (0-6)	68	38	30
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	348	177	171
Literacy	39.47 %	55.26 %	23.68 %
Total Workers	203	98	105
Main Worker	158	-	-
Marginal Worker	45	18	27

Caste Factor

In Simalkia village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 93.55 % of total population in Simalkia village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Simalkia village of Kandhamal.

Work Profile

In Simalkia village out of total population, 203 were engaged in work activities. 77.83 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 22.17 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 203 workers engaged in Main Work, 13 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 145 were Agricultural labourer.