Nalam Population - Anugul, Orissa

Nalam is a medium size village located in Kaniha Block of Anugul district, Orissa with total 511 families residing. The Nalam village has population of 1902 of which 1009 are males while 893 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nalam village population of children with age 0-6 is 199 which makes up 10.46 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nalam village is 885 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Nalam as per census is 860, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Nalam village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Nalam village was 74.81 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Nalam Male literacy stands at 85.81 % while female literacy rate was 62.42 %.

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

Nalam Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	511	-	-
Population	1,902	1,009	893
Child (0-6)	199	107	92
Schedule Caste	708	368	340
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	74.81 %	85.81 %	62.42 %
Total Workers	966	690	276
Main Worker	395	-	-
Marginal Worker	571	337	234

Caste Factor

In Nalam village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 37.22 % of total population in Nalam village. The village Nalam currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Nalam village out of total population, 966 were engaged in work activities. 40.89 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 59.11 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 966 workers engaged in Main Work, 36 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 97 were Agricultural labourer.