Kotmer is a medium size village located in Dharamgarh Block of Kalahandi district, Orissa with total 387 families residing. The Kotmer village has population of 1445 of which 714 are males while 731 are females as per Population Census 2011.
In Kotmer village population of children with age 0-6 is 220 which makes up 15.22 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kotmer village is 1024 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Kotmer as per census is 1056, higher than Orissa average of 941.
Kotmer village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Kotmer village was 53.63 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Kotmer Male literacy stands at 76.77 % while female literacy rate was 30.91 %.
As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Kotmer 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 Kotmer village.
Kotmer Data
| Particulars |
Total |
Male |
Female |
| Total No. of Houses |
387 |
- |
- |
| Population |
1,445 |
714 |
731 |
| Child (0-6) |
220 |
107 |
113 |
| Schedule Caste |
488 |
235 |
253 |
| Schedule Tribe |
200 |
102 |
98 |
| Literacy |
53.63 % |
76.77 % |
30.91 % |
| Total Workers |
895 |
441 |
454 |
| Main Worker |
831 |
- |
- |
| Marginal Worker |
64 |
7 |
57 |
Caste Factor
Kotmer village of Kalahandi has substantial population of Schedule Caste.
Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 33.77 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 13.84 % of total population in Kotmer village.
Work Profile
In Kotmer village out of total population, 895 were engaged in work activities. 92.85 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 7.15 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.
Of 895 workers engaged in Main Work, 305 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 510 were Agricultural labourer.