Malgaon Population - Kalahandi, Orissa

Malgaon is a medium size village located in Sadar Block of Kalahandi district, Orissa with total 300 families residing. The Malgaon village has population of 1247 of which 635 are males while 612 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Malgaon village population of children with age 0-6 is 159 which makes up 12.75 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Malgaon village is 964 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Malgaon as per census is 1038, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Malgaon village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Malgaon village was 62.87 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Malgaon Male literacy stands at 74.15 % while female literacy rate was 51.04 %.

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

Malgaon Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	300	-	-
Population	1,247	635	612
Child (0-6)	159	78	81
Schedule Caste	329	174	155
Schedule Tribe	507	246	261
Literacy	62.87 %	74.15 %	51.04 %
Total Workers	609	323	286
Main Worker	320	-	-
Marginal Worker	289	66	223

Caste Factor

In Malgaon village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 40.66 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 26.38 % of total population in Malgaon village.

Work Profile

In Malgaon village out of total population, 609 were engaged in work activities. 52.55 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 47.45 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 609 workers engaged in Main Work, 26 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 50 were Agricultural labourer.