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Birighat Population - Nuapada, Orissa

Birighat is a medium size village located in KHARIAR Block of Nuapada district, Orissa with total 401 families residing. The Birighat village has population of 1618 of which 827 are males while 791 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Birighat village population of children with age 0-6 is 254 which makes up 15.70 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Birighat village is 956 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Birighat as per census is 896, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Birighat village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Birighat village was 58.80 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Birighat Male literacy stands at 75.61 % while female literacy rate was 41.43 %.

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

Birighat Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 401 - -
Population 1,618 827 791
Child (0-6) 254 134 120
Schedule Caste 210 106 104
Schedule Tribe 776 416 360
Literacy 58.80 % 75.61 % 41.43 %
Total Workers 890 473 417
Main Worker 531 - -
Marginal Worker 359 83 276

Caste Factor

In Birighat village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 47.96 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 12.98 % of total population in Birighat village.

Work Profile

In Birighat village out of total population, 890 were engaged in work activities. 59.66 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 40.34 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 890 workers engaged in Main Work, 223 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 247 were Agricultural labourer.