Maricha Population - Mayurbhanj, Orissa

Maricha is a medium size village located in Ghagarbeda Block of Mayurbhanj district, Orissa with total 228 families residing. The Maricha village has population of 1154 of which 559 are males while 595 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Maricha village population of children with age 0-6 is 198 which makes up 17.16 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Maricha village is 1064 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Maricha as per census is 941, equal than Orissa average of 941.

Maricha village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Maricha village was 55.75 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Maricha Male literacy stands at 69.58 % while female literacy rate was 43.09 %.

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

Maricha Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	228	-	-
Population	1,154	559	595
Child (0-6)	198	102	96
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	549	275	274
Literacy	55.75 %	69.58 %	43.09 %
Total Workers	632	307	325
Main Worker	163	-	-
Marginal Worker	469	161	308

Caste Factor

In Maricha village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 47.57 % of total population in Maricha village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Maricha village of Mayurbhanj.

Work Profile

In Maricha village out of total population, 632 were engaged in work activities. 25.79 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 74.21 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 632 workers engaged in Main Work, 75 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 29 were Agricultural labourer.