Derkapadu Population - Rayagada, Orissa

Derkapadu is a medium size village located in Seskhal Block of Rayagada district, Orissa with total 93 families residing. The Derkapadu village has population of 327 of which 145 are males while 182 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Derkapadu village population of children with age 0-6 is 69 which makes up 21.10 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Derkapadu village is 1255 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Derkapadu as per census is 1091, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Derkapadu village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Derkapadu village was 15.12 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Derkapadu Male literacy stands at 27.68 % while female literacy rate was 5.48 %.

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

Derkapadu Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	93	-	-
Population	327	145	182
Child (0-6)	69	33	36
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	326	144	182
Literacy	15.12 %	27.68 %	5.48 %
Total Workers	178	83	95
Main Worker	169	-	-
Marginal Worker	9	1	8

Caste Factor

In Derkapadu village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.69 % of total population in Derkapadu village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Derkapadu village of Rayagada.

Work Profile

In Derkapadu village out of total population, 178 were engaged in work activities. 94.94 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.06 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 178 workers engaged in Main Work, 58 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 109 were Agricultural labourer.