Podakhal Population - Malkangiri, Orissa

Podakhal is a medium size village located in Orkel Block of Malkangiri district, Orissa with total 51 families residing. The Podakhal village has population of 209 of which 107 are males while 102 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Podakhal village population of children with age 0-6 is 46 which makes up 22.01 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Podakhal village is 953 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Podakhal as per census is 840, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Podakhal village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Podakhal village was 19.63 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Podakhal Male literacy stands at 24.39 % while female literacy rate was 14.81 %.

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

Podakhal Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	51	-	-
Population	209	107	102
Child (0-6)	46	25	21
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	201	104	97
Literacy	19.63 %	24.39 %	14.81 %
Total Workers	115	57	58
Main Worker	51	-	-
Marginal Worker	64	34	30

Caste Factor

In Podakhal village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 96.17 % of total population in Podakhal village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Podakhal village of Malkangiri.

Work Profile

In Podakhal village out of total population, 115 were engaged in work activities. 44.35 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 55.65 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 115 workers engaged in Main Work, 51 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.