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Forfouj Population - Nuapada, Orissa

Forfouj is a small village located in NUAPADA Block of Nuapada district, Orissa with total 40 families residing. The Forfouj village has population of 138 of which 69 are males while 69 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Forfouj village population of children with age 0-6 is 26 which makes up 18.84 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Forfouj village is 1000 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Forfouj as per census is 625, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Forfouj village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Forfouj village was 36.61 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Forfouj Male literacy stands at 41.51 % while female literacy rate was 32.20 %.

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

Forfouj Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 40 - -
Population 138 69 69
Child (0-6) 26 16 10
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 97 49 48
Literacy 36.61 % 41.51 % 32.20 %
Total Workers 80 38 42
Main Worker 37 - -
Marginal Worker 43 2 41

Caste Factor

In Forfouj village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 70.29 % of total population in Forfouj village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Forfouj village of Nuapada.

Work Profile

In Forfouj village out of total population, 80 were engaged in work activities. 46.25 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 53.75 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 80 workers engaged in Main Work, 21 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 16 were Agricultural labourer.