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Righa Population - Mayurbhanj, Orissa

Righa is a medium size village located in Ghagarbeda Block of Mayurbhanj district, Orissa with total 249 families residing. The Righa village has population of 1077 of which 554 are males while 523 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Righa village population of children with age 0-6 is 161 which makes up 14.95 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Righa village is 944 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Righa as per census is 851, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Righa village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Righa village was 65.28 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Righa Male literacy stands at 74.30 % while female literacy rate was 55.90 %.

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

Righa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 249 - -
Population 1,077 554 523
Child (0-6) 161 87 74
Schedule Caste 20 8 12
Schedule Tribe 566 282 284
Literacy 65.28 % 74.30 % 55.90 %
Total Workers 582 311 271
Main Worker 266 - -
Marginal Worker 316 70 246

Caste Factor

In Righa village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 52.55 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 1.86 % of total population in Righa village.

Work Profile

In Righa village out of total population, 582 were engaged in work activities. 45.70 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 54.30 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 582 workers engaged in Main Work, 170 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 58 were Agricultural labourer.