Papasi Population - Kandhamal, Orissa

Papasi is a medium size village located in Raikia Block of Kandhamal district, Orissa with total 61 families residing. The Papasi village has population of 245 of which 126 are males while 119 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Papasi village population of children with age 0-6 is 26 which makes up 10.61 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Papasi village is 944 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Papasi as per census is 529, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Papasi village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Papasi village was 76.26 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Papasi Male literacy stands at 81.65 % while female literacy rate was 70.91 %.

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

Papasi Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	61	-	-
Population	245	126	119
Child (0-6)	26	17	9
Schedule Caste	4	2	2
Schedule Tribe	183	94	89
Literacy	76.26 %	81.65 %	70.91 %
Total Workers	146	74	72
Main Worker	131	-	-
Marginal Worker	15	7	8

Caste Factor

In Papasi village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 74.69 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 1.63 % of total population in Papasi village.

Work Profile

In Papasi village out of total population, 146 were engaged in work activities. 89.73 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 10.27 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 146 workers engaged in Main Work, 72 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 54 were Agricultural labourer.