Tekapada Population - Kalahandi, Orissa

Tekapada is a medium size village located in Dharamgarh Block of Kalahandi district, Orissa with total 224 families residing. The Tekapada village has population of 847 of which 412 are males while 435 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Tekapada village population of children with age 0-6 is 115 which makes up 13.58 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Tekapada village is 1056 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Tekapada as per census is 1347, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Tekapada village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Tekapada village was 40.71 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Tekapada Male literacy stands at 55.37 % while female literacy rate was 26.29 %.

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

Tekapada Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	224	-	-
Population	847	412	435
Child (0-6)	115	49	66
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	378	186	192
Literacy	40.71 %	55.37 %	26.29 %
Total Workers	498	277	221
Main Worker	357	-	-
Marginal Worker	141	83	58

Caste Factor

In Tekapada village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 44.63 % of total population in Tekapada village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Tekapada village of Kalahandi.

Work Profile

In Tekapada village out of total population, 498 were engaged in work activities. 71.69 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 28.31 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 498 workers engaged in Main Work, 86 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 265 were Agricultural labourer.