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Kalingi Population - Kandhamal, Orissa

Kalingi is a medium size village located in Brahmanigaon Block of Kandhamal district, Orissa with total 263 families residing. The Kalingi village has population of 1149 of which 548 are males while 601 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kalingi village population of children with age 0-6 is 203 which makes up 17.67 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kalingi village is 1097 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Kalingi as per census is 915, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Kalingi village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Kalingi village was 68.39 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Kalingi Male literacy stands at 80.09 % while female literacy rate was 58.13 %.

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

Kalingi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 263 - -
Population 1,149 548 601
Child (0-6) 203 106 97
Schedule Caste 23 14 9
Schedule Tribe 733 343 390
Literacy 68.39 % 80.09 % 58.13 %
Total Workers 644 306 338
Main Worker 107 - -
Marginal Worker 537 239 298

Caste Factor

In Kalingi village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 63.79 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 2.00 % of total population in Kalingi village.

Work Profile

In Kalingi village out of total population, 644 were engaged in work activities. 16.61 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 83.39 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 644 workers engaged in Main Work, 26 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 60 were Agricultural labourer.