Mendara Population - Sundargarh, Orissa

Mendara is a medium size village located in Hemgir Block of Sundargarh district, Orissa with total 140 families residing. The Mendara village has population of 538 of which 274 are males while 264 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mendara village population of children with age 0-6 is 89 which makes up 16.54 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mendara village is 964 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Mendara as per census is 1119, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Mendara village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Mendara village was 60.13 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Mendara Male literacy stands at 70.69 % while female literacy rate was 48.85 %.

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

Mendara Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	140	-	-
Population	538	274	264
Child (0-6)	89	42	47
Schedule Caste	142	71	71
Schedule Tribe	177	82	95
Literacy	60.13 %	70.69 %	48.85 %
Total Workers	234	161	73
Main Worker	160	-	-
Marginal Worker	74	14	60

Caste Factor

In Mendara village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 32.90 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 26.39 % of total population in Mendara village.

Work Profile

In Mendara village out of total population, 234 were engaged in work activities. 68.38 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 31.62 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 234 workers engaged in Main Work, 86 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 40 were Agricultural labourer.