Piplahandi Population - Koraput, Orissa

Piplahandi is a medium size village located in Kotpad Block of Koraput district, Orissa with total 69 families residing. The Piplahandi village has population of 274 of which 146 are males while 128 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Piplahandi village population of children with age 0-6 is 40 which makes up 14.60 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Piplahandi village is 877 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Piplahandi as per census is 818, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Piplahandi village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Piplahandi village was 45.30 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Piplahandi Male literacy stands at 55.65 % while female literacy rate was 33.64 %.

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

Piplahandi Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	69	-	-
Population	274	146	128
Child (0-6)	40	22	18
Schedule Caste	81	44	37
Schedule Tribe	177	91	86
Literacy	45.30 %	55.65 %	33.64 %
Total Workers	185	98	87
Main Worker	55	-	-
Marginal Worker	130	46	84

Caste Factor

In Piplahandi village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 64.60 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 29.56 % of total population in Piplahandi village.

Work Profile

In Piplahandi village out of total population, 185 were engaged in work activities. 29.73 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 70.27 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 185 workers engaged in Main Work, 16 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 9 were Agricultural labourer.