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Galapada Population - Dhenkanal, Orissa

Galapada is a medium size village located in Balimi Block of Dhenkanal district, Orissa with total 320 families residing. The Galapada village has population of 1222 of which 622 are males while 600 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Galapada village population of children with age 0-6 is 138 which makes up 11.29 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Galapada village is 965 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Galapada as per census is 1262, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Galapada village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Galapada village was 67.80 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Galapada Male literacy stands at 77.90 % while female literacy rate was 56.98 %.

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

Galapada Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 320 - -
Population 1,222 622 600
Child (0-6) 138 61 77
Schedule Caste 621 315 306
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 67.80 % 77.90 % 56.98 %
Total Workers 575 374 201
Main Worker 179 - -
Marginal Worker 396 216 180

Caste Factor

In Galapada village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 50.82 % of total population in Galapada village. The village Galapada currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Galapada village out of total population, 575 were engaged in work activities. 31.13 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 68.87 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 575 workers engaged in Main Work, 25 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 6 were Agricultural labourer.