Elga Population - Sundargarh, Orissa

Elga is a medium size village located in Kutra Block of Sundargarh district, Orissa with total 232 families residing. The Elga village has population of 1044 of which 520 are males while 524 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Elga village population of children with age 0-6 is 155 which makes up 14.85 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Elga village is 1008 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Elga as per census is 1095, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Elga village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Elga village was 68.05 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Elga Male literacy stands at 76.23 % while female literacy rate was 59.82 %.

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

Elga Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	232	-	-
Population	1,044	520	524
Child (0-6)	155	74	81
Schedule Caste	49	22	27
Schedule Tribe	855	429	426
Literacy	68.05 %	76.23 %	59.82 %
Total Workers	492	304	188
Main Worker	265	-	-
Marginal Worker	227	63	164

Caste Factor

In Elga village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 81.90 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 4.69 % of total population in Elga village.

Work Profile

In Elga village out of total population, 492 were engaged in work activities. 53.86 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 46.14 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 492 workers engaged in Main Work, 213 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 13 were Agricultural labourer.