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Pedawada Population - Malkangiri, Orissa

Pedawada is a medium size village located in Malkangiri Block of Malkangiri district, Orissa with total 296 families residing. The Pedawada village has population of 1410 of which 648 are males while 762 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pedawada village population of children with age 0-6 is 302 which makes up 21.42 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pedawada village is 1176 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Pedawada as per census is 1083, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Pedawada village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Pedawada village was 44.40 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Pedawada Male literacy stands at 53.88 % while female literacy rate was 36.53 %.

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

Pedawada Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 296 - -
Population 1,410 648 762
Child (0-6) 302 145 157
Schedule Caste 144 65 79
Schedule Tribe 1,206 559 647
Literacy 44.40 % 53.88 % 36.53 %
Total Workers 670 332 338
Main Worker 189 - -
Marginal Worker 481 154 327

Caste Factor

In Pedawada village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 85.53 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 10.21 % of total population in Pedawada village.

Work Profile

In Pedawada village out of total population, 670 were engaged in work activities. 28.21 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 71.79 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 670 workers engaged in Main Work, 161 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 21 were Agricultural labourer.