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Palakaguda Population - Malkangiri, Orissa

Palakaguda is a small village located in Orkel Block of Malkangiri district, Orissa with total 28 families residing. The Palakaguda village has population of 114 of which 48 are males while 66 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palakaguda village population of children with age 0-6 is 16 which makes up 14.04 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palakaguda village is 1375 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Palakaguda as per census is 3000, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Palakaguda village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Palakaguda village was 65.31 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Palakaguda Male literacy stands at 88.64 % while female literacy rate was 46.30 %.

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

Palakaguda Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 28 - -
Population 114 48 66
Child (0-6) 16 4 12
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 95 41 54
Literacy 65.31 % 88.64 % 46.30 %
Total Workers 56 26 30
Main Worker 55 - -
Marginal Worker 1 0 1

Caste Factor

In Palakaguda village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 83.33 % of total population in Palakaguda village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Palakaguda village of Malkangiri.

Work Profile

In Palakaguda village out of total population, 56 were engaged in work activities. 98.21 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.79 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 56 workers engaged in Main Work, 35 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 20 were Agricultural labourer.