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.