Pengsur Population - Kalahandi, Orissa

Pengsur is a medium size village located in Lanjigarh Block of Kalahandi district, Orissa with total 97 families residing. The Pengsur village has population of 439 of which 218 are males while 221 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pengsur village population of children with age 0-6 is 91 which makes up 20.73 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pengsur village is 1014 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Pengsur as per census is 1068, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Pengsur village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Pengsur village was 61.21 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Pengsur Male literacy stands at 76.44 % while female literacy rate was 45.98 %.

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

Pengsur Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	97	-	-
Population	439	218	221
Child (0-6)	91	44	47
Schedule Caste	178	86	92
Schedule Tribe	175	84	91
Literacy	61.21 %	76.44 %	45.98 %
Total Workers	229	118	111
Main Worker	98	-	-
Marginal Worker	131	28	103

Caste Factor

In Pengsur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 40.55 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 39.86 % of total population in Pengsur village.

Work Profile

In Pengsur village out of total population, 229 were engaged in work activities. 42.79 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 57.21 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 229 workers engaged in Main Work, 20 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 70 were Agricultural labourer.