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Sunger Population - Rayagada, Orissa

Sunger is a medium size village located in Kashipur Block of Rayagada district, Orissa with total 328 families residing. The Sunger village has population of 1215 of which 589 are males while 626 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sunger village population of children with age 0-6 is 180 which makes up 14.81 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sunger village is 1063 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Sunger as per census is 837, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Sunger village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Sunger village was 51.88 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Sunger Male literacy stands at 67.01 % while female literacy rate was 38.24 %.

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

Sunger Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 328 - -
Population 1,215 589 626
Child (0-6) 180 98 82
Schedule Caste 212 106 106
Schedule Tribe 450 227 223
Literacy 51.88 % 67.01 % 38.24 %
Total Workers 696 324 372
Main Worker 358 - -
Marginal Worker 338 64 274

Caste Factor

In Sunger village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 37.04 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 17.45 % of total population in Sunger village.

Work Profile

In Sunger village out of total population, 696 were engaged in work activities. 51.44 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 48.56 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 696 workers engaged in Main Work, 172 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 117 were Agricultural labourer.