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Turpi Population - Kalahandi, Orissa

Turpi is a medium size village located in Sadar Block of Kalahandi district, Orissa with total 296 families residing. The Turpi village has population of 1156 of which 555 are males while 601 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Turpi village population of children with age 0-6 is 204 which makes up 17.65 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Turpi village is 1083 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Turpi as per census is 1000, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Turpi village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Turpi village was 48.42 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Turpi Male literacy stands at 60.93 % while female literacy rate was 37.07 %.

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

Turpi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 296 - -
Population 1,156 555 601
Child (0-6) 204 102 102
Schedule Caste 206 98 108
Schedule Tribe 430 203 227
Literacy 48.42 % 60.93 % 37.07 %
Total Workers 711 346 365
Main Worker 404 - -
Marginal Worker 307 100 207

Caste Factor

In Turpi village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 37.20 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 17.82 % of total population in Turpi village.

Work Profile

In Turpi village out of total population, 711 were engaged in work activities. 56.82 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 43.18 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 711 workers engaged in Main Work, 226 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 141 were Agricultural labourer.