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Palikidanga Population - Rayagada, Orissa

Palikidanga is a medium size village located in Gunupur Block of Rayagada district, Orissa with total 131 families residing. The Palikidanga village has population of 569 of which 292 are males while 277 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palikidanga village population of children with age 0-6 is 97 which makes up 17.05 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palikidanga village is 949 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Palikidanga as per census is 796, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Palikidanga village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Palikidanga village was 34.53 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Palikidanga Male literacy stands at 39.92 % while female literacy rate was 29.06 %.

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

Palikidanga Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 131 - -
Population 569 292 277
Child (0-6) 97 54 43
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 528 270 258
Literacy 34.53 % 39.92 % 29.06 %
Total Workers 275 133 142
Main Worker 53 - -
Marginal Worker 222 89 133

Caste Factor

In Palikidanga village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 92.79 % of total population in Palikidanga village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Palikidanga village of Rayagada.

Work Profile

In Palikidanga village out of total population, 275 were engaged in work activities. 19.27 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 80.73 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 275 workers engaged in Main Work, 48 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.