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Chalkhamba Population - Rayagada, Orissa

Chalkhamba is a medium size village located in Gunupur Block of Rayagada district, Orissa with total 459 families residing. The Chalkhamba village has population of 1739 of which 849 are males while 890 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chalkhamba village population of children with age 0-6 is 232 which makes up 13.34 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chalkhamba village is 1048 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Chalkhamba as per census is 917, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Chalkhamba village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Chalkhamba village was 69.34 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Chalkhamba Male literacy stands at 80.91 % while female literacy rate was 58.54 %.

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

Chalkhamba Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 459 - -
Population 1,739 849 890
Child (0-6) 232 121 111
Schedule Caste 364 194 170
Schedule Tribe 759 338 421
Literacy 69.34 % 80.91 % 58.54 %
Total Workers 849 482 367
Main Worker 275 - -
Marginal Worker 574 244 330

Caste Factor

In Chalkhamba village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 43.65 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 20.93 % of total population in Chalkhamba village.

Work Profile

In Chalkhamba village out of total population, 849 were engaged in work activities. 32.39 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 67.61 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 849 workers engaged in Main Work, 91 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 30 were Agricultural labourer.