Petal Population - Malkangiri, Orissa

Petal is a medium size village located in Kalimela Block of Malkangiri district, Orissa with total 90 families residing. The Petal village has population of 432 of which 199 are males while 233 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Petal village population of children with age 0-6 is 104 which makes up 24.07 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Petal village is 1171 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Petal as per census is 1311, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Petal village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Petal village was 25.91 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Petal Male literacy stands at 42.21 % while female literacy rate was 11.49 %.

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

Petal Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	90	-	-
Population	432	199	233
Child (0-6)	104	45	59
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	405	189	216
Literacy	25.91 %	42.21 %	11.49 %
Total Workers	224	113	111
Main Worker	98	-	-
Marginal Worker	126	17	109

Caste Factor

In Petal village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 93.75 % of total population in Petal village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Petal village of Malkangiri.

Work Profile

In Petal village out of total population, 224 were engaged in work activities. 43.75 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 56.25 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 224 workers engaged in Main Work, 90 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 8 were Agricultural labourer.