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Mentapur Population - Ganjam, Orissa

Mentapur is a medium size village located in JAGANNATH PRASAD Block of Ganjam district, Orissa with total 217 families residing. The Mentapur village has population of 864 of which 429 are males while 435 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mentapur village population of children with age 0-6 is 111 which makes up 12.85 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mentapur village is 1014 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Mentapur as per census is 682, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Mentapur village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Mentapur village was 78.88 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Mentapur Male literacy stands at 91.18 % while female literacy rate was 67.44 %.

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

Mentapur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 217 - -
Population 864 429 435
Child (0-6) 111 66 45
Schedule Caste 206 98 108
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 78.88 % 91.18 % 67.44 %
Total Workers 341 209 132
Main Worker 214 - -
Marginal Worker 127 19 108

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 23.84 % of total population in Mentapur village. The village Mentapur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Mentapur village out of total population, 341 were engaged in work activities. 62.76 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 37.24 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 341 workers engaged in Main Work, 143 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 41 were Agricultural labourer.