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Salagan Population - Jagatsinghapur, Orissa

Salagan is a medium size village located in Jagatsinghapur Block of Jagatsinghapur district, Orissa with total 241 families residing. The Salagan village has population of 1012 of which 535 are males while 477 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Salagan village population of children with age 0-6 is 77 which makes up 7.61 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Salagan village is 892 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Salagan as per census is 833, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Salagan village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Salagan village was 84.17 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Salagan Male literacy stands at 92.29 % while female literacy rate was 75.11 %.

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

Salagan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 241 - -
Population 1,012 535 477
Child (0-6) 77 42 35
Schedule Caste 225 123 102
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 84.17 % 92.29 % 75.11 %
Total Workers 382 353 29
Main Worker 216 - -
Marginal Worker 166 151 15

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 22.23 % of total population in Salagan village. The village Salagan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Salagan village out of total population, 382 were engaged in work activities. 56.54 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 43.46 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 382 workers engaged in Main Work, 70 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 36 were Agricultural labourer.