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Kerandi Population - Gajapati, Orissa

Kerandi is a medium size village located in Parlakhemundi Block of Gajapati district, Orissa with total 308 families residing. The Kerandi village has population of 1304 of which 668 are males while 636 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kerandi village population of children with age 0-6 is 137 which makes up 10.51 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kerandi village is 952 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Kerandi as per census is 957, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Kerandi village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Kerandi village was 65.55 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Kerandi Male literacy stands at 77.42 % while female literacy rate was 53.08 %.

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

Kerandi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 308 - -
Population 1,304 668 636
Child (0-6) 137 70 67
Schedule Caste 80 42 38
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 65.55 % 77.42 % 53.08 %
Total Workers 712 412 300
Main Worker 352 - -
Marginal Worker 360 132 228

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 6.13 % of total population in Kerandi village. The village Kerandi currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kerandi village out of total population, 712 were engaged in work activities. 49.44 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 50.56 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 712 workers engaged in Main Work, 152 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 116 were Agricultural labourer.