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Turkel Population - Kalahandi, Orissa

Turkel is a medium size village located in Sadar Block of Kalahandi district, Orissa with total 347 families residing. The Turkel village has population of 1400 of which 724 are males while 676 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Turkel village population of children with age 0-6 is 197 which makes up 14.07 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Turkel village is 934 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Turkel as per census is 807, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Turkel village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Turkel village was 62.34 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Turkel Male literacy stands at 76.10 % while female literacy rate was 47.96 %.

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

Turkel Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 347 - -
Population 1,400 724 676
Child (0-6) 197 109 88
Schedule Caste 254 116 138
Schedule Tribe 101 52 49
Literacy 62.34 % 76.10 % 47.96 %
Total Workers 758 399 359
Main Worker 554 - -
Marginal Worker 204 52 152

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 18.14 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 7.21 % of total population in Turkel village.

Work Profile

In Turkel village out of total population, 758 were engaged in work activities. 73.09 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 26.91 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 758 workers engaged in Main Work, 325 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 187 were Agricultural labourer.