Samalai Population - Ganjam, Orissa

Samalai is a medium size village located in BUGUDA Block of Ganjam district, Orissa with total 65 families residing. The Samalai village has population of 272 of which 136 are males while 136 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Samalai village population of children with age 0-6 is 37 which makes up 13.60 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Samalai village is 1000 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Samalai as per census is 609, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Samalai village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Samalai village was 67.23 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Samalai Male literacy stands at 83.19 % while female literacy rate was 52.46 %.

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

Samalai Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	65	-	-
Population	272	136	136
Child (0-6)	37	23	14
Schedule Caste	102	54	48
Schedule Tribe	118	54	64
Literacy	67.23 %	83.19 %	52.46 %
Total Workers	162	82	80
Main Worker	6	-	-
Marginal Worker	156	77	79

Caste Factor

In Samalai village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 43.38 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 37.50 % of total population in Samalai village.

Work Profile

In Samalai village out of total population, 162 were engaged in work activities. 3.70 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 96.30 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 162 workers engaged in Main Work, 5 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.