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Kacherigan Population - Jajapur, Orissa

Kacherigan is a medium size village located in Jajpur Sadar Block of Jajapur district, Orissa with total 345 families residing. The Kacherigan village has population of 1624 of which 800 are males while 824 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kacherigan village population of children with age 0-6 is 154 which makes up 9.48 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kacherigan village is 1030 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Kacherigan as per census is 1110, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Kacherigan village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Kacherigan village was 86.26 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Kacherigan Male literacy stands at 93.95 % while female literacy rate was 78.73 %.

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

Kacherigan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 345 - -
Population 1,624 800 824
Child (0-6) 154 73 81
Schedule Caste 338 172 166
Schedule Tribe 3 2 1
Literacy 86.26 % 93.95 % 78.73 %
Total Workers 585 515 70
Main Worker 512 - -
Marginal Worker 73 64 9

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 20.81 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.18 % of total population in Kacherigan village.

Work Profile

In Kacherigan village out of total population, 585 were engaged in work activities. 87.52 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 12.48 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 585 workers engaged in Main Work, 226 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 153 were Agricultural labourer.