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Damapada Population - Malkangiri, Orissa

Damapada is a medium size village located in Mathili Block of Malkangiri district, Orissa with total 307 families residing. The Damapada village has population of 1333 of which 670 are males while 663 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Damapada village population of children with age 0-6 is 226 which makes up 16.95 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Damapada village is 990 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Damapada as per census is 852, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Damapada village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Damapada village was 43.72 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Damapada Male literacy stands at 60.77 % while female literacy rate was 27.01 %.

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

Damapada Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 307 - -
Population 1,333 670 663
Child (0-6) 226 122 104
Schedule Caste 123 56 67
Schedule Tribe 1,193 604 589
Literacy 43.72 % 60.77 % 27.01 %
Total Workers 742 355 387
Main Worker 331 - -
Marginal Worker 411 64 347

Caste Factor

In Damapada village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 89.50 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 9.23 % of total population in Damapada village.

Work Profile

In Damapada village out of total population, 742 were engaged in work activities. 44.61 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 55.39 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 742 workers engaged in Main Work, 301 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 17 were Agricultural labourer.