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Penakaru Population - Rayagada, Orissa

Penakaru is a small village located in Chandrapur Block of Rayagada district, Orissa with total 35 families residing. The Penakaru village has population of 195 of which 94 are males while 101 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Penakaru village population of children with age 0-6 is 41 which makes up 21.03 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Penakaru village is 1074 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Penakaru as per census is 1412, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Penakaru village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Penakaru village was 37.01 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Penakaru Male literacy stands at 42.86 % while female literacy rate was 31.17 %.

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

Penakaru Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 35 - -
Population 195 94 101
Child (0-6) 41 17 24
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 149 72 77
Literacy 37.01 % 42.86 % 31.17 %
Total Workers 124 64 60
Main Worker 124 - -
Marginal Worker 0 0 0

Caste Factor

In Penakaru village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 76.41 % of total population in Penakaru village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Penakaru village of Rayagada.

Work Profile

In Penakaru village out of total population, 124 were engaged in work activities. 100.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 124 workers engaged in Main Work, 123 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.