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Walagan Population - Koraput, Orissa

Walagan is a medium size village located in Pottangi Block of Koraput district, Orissa with total 72 families residing. The Walagan village has population of 352 of which 166 are males while 186 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Walagan village population of children with age 0-6 is 65 which makes up 18.47 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Walagan village is 1120 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Walagan as per census is 1031, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Walagan village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Walagan village was 14.98 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Walagan Male literacy stands at 23.88 % while female literacy rate was 7.19 %.

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

Walagan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 72 - -
Population 352 166 186
Child (0-6) 65 32 33
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 145 67 78
Literacy 14.98 % 23.88 % 7.19 %
Total Workers 163 87 76
Main Worker 68 - -
Marginal Worker 95 20 75

Caste Factor

In Walagan village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 41.19 % of total population in Walagan village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Walagan village of Koraput.

Work Profile

In Walagan village out of total population, 163 were engaged in work activities. 41.72 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 58.28 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 163 workers engaged in Main Work, 68 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.