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Perapang Population - Rayagada, Orissa

Perapang is a medium size village located in Padmapur Block of Rayagada district, Orissa with total 315 families residing. The Perapang village has population of 1256 of which 624 are males while 632 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Perapang village population of children with age 0-6 is 186 which makes up 14.81 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Perapang village is 1013 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Perapang as per census is 958, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Perapang village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Perapang village was 58.32 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Perapang Male literacy stands at 72.02 % while female literacy rate was 44.92 %.

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

Perapang Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 315 - -
Population 1,256 624 632
Child (0-6) 186 95 91
Schedule Caste 142 67 75
Schedule Tribe 817 408 409
Literacy 58.32 % 72.02 % 44.92 %
Total Workers 710 362 348
Main Worker 95 - -
Marginal Worker 615 280 335

Caste Factor

In Perapang village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 65.05 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 11.31 % of total population in Perapang village.

Work Profile

In Perapang village out of total population, 710 were engaged in work activities. 13.38 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 86.62 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 710 workers engaged in Main Work, 26 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 10 were Agricultural labourer.