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Kerpai Population - Kalahandi, Orissa

Kerpai is a medium size village located in Thuamul Rampur Block of Kalahandi district, Orissa with total 53 families residing. The Kerpai village has population of 227 of which 106 are males while 121 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kerpai village population of children with age 0-6 is 51 which makes up 22.47 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kerpai village is 1142 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Kerpai as per census is 962, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Kerpai village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Kerpai village was 23.30 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Kerpai Male literacy stands at 36.25 % while female literacy rate was 12.50 %.

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

Kerpai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 53 - -
Population 227 106 121
Child (0-6) 51 26 25
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 225 104 121
Literacy 23.30 % 36.25 % 12.50 %
Total Workers 126 62 64
Main Worker 70 - -
Marginal Worker 56 18 38

Caste Factor

In Kerpai village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.12 % of total population in Kerpai village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kerpai village of Kalahandi.

Work Profile

In Kerpai village out of total population, 126 were engaged in work activities. 55.56 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 44.44 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 126 workers engaged in Main Work, 61 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.