Kachalekha Population - Kalahandi, Orissa

Kachalekha is a medium size village located in Thuamul Rampur Block of Kalahandi district, Orissa with total 80 families residing. The Kachalekha village has population of 358 of which 185 are males while 173 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kachalekha village population of children with age 0-6 is 71 which makes up 19.83 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kachalekha village is 935 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Kachalekha as per census is 972, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Kachalekha village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Kachalekha village was 45.99 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Kachalekha Male literacy stands at 60.40 % while female literacy rate was 30.43 %.

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

Kachalekha Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	80	-	-
Population	358	185	173
Child (0-6)	71	36	35
Schedule Caste	174	87	87
Schedule Tribe	183	97	86
Literacy	45.99 %	60.40 %	30.43 %
Total Workers	147	74	73
Main Worker	65	-	-
Marginal Worker	82	35	47

Caste Factor

In Kachalekha village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 51.12 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 48.60 % of total population in Kachalekha village.

Work Profile

In Kachalekha village out of total population, 147 were engaged in work activities. 44.22 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 55.78 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 147 workers engaged in Main Work, 43 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.