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Turanga Population - Jajapur, Orissa

Turanga is a medium size village located in Jenapur Block of Jajapur district, Orissa with total 130 families residing. The Turanga village has population of 565 of which 277 are males while 288 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Turanga village population of children with age 0-6 is 86 which makes up 15.22 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Turanga village is 1040 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Turanga as per census is 792, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Turanga village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Turanga village was 80.38 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Turanga Male literacy stands at 85.15 % while female literacy rate was 76.00 %.

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

Turanga Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 130 - -
Population 565 277 288
Child (0-6) 86 48 38
Schedule Caste 126 66 60
Schedule Tribe 1 0 1
Literacy 80.38 % 85.15 % 76.00 %
Total Workers 116 109 7
Main Worker 28 - -
Marginal Worker 88 82 6

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 22.30 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.18 % of total population in Turanga village.

Work Profile

In Turanga village out of total population, 116 were engaged in work activities. 24.14 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 75.86 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 116 workers engaged in Main Work, 2 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.