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Erapada Population - Dhenkanal, Orissa

Erapada is a medium size village located in Nihalprasad Block of Dhenkanal district, Orissa with total 193 families residing. The Erapada village has population of 853 of which 422 are males while 431 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Erapada village population of children with age 0-6 is 111 which makes up 13.01 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Erapada village is 1021 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Erapada as per census is 1094, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Erapada village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Erapada village was 88.81 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Erapada Male literacy stands at 91.87 % while female literacy rate was 85.79 %.

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

Erapada Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 193 - -
Population 853 422 431
Child (0-6) 111 53 58
Schedule Caste 10 6 4
Schedule Tribe 71 41 30
Literacy 88.81 % 91.87 % 85.79 %
Total Workers 432 257 175
Main Worker 374 - -
Marginal Worker 58 50 8

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 8.32 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 1.17 % of total population in Erapada village.

Work Profile

In Erapada village out of total population, 432 were engaged in work activities. 86.57 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 13.43 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 432 workers engaged in Main Work, 7 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 360 were Agricultural labourer.