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Chellu Population - Ganjam, Orissa

Chellu is a medium size village located in PURUSOTTAMPUR Block of Ganjam district, Orissa with total 276 families residing. The Chellu village has population of 1277 of which 609 are males while 668 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chellu village population of children with age 0-6 is 160 which makes up 12.53 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chellu village is 1097 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Chellu as per census is 1162, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Chellu village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Chellu village was 60.97 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Chellu Male literacy stands at 76.26 % while female literacy rate was 46.91 %.

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

Chellu Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 276 - -
Population 1,277 609 668
Child (0-6) 160 74 86
Schedule Caste 163 74 89
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 60.97 % 76.26 % 46.91 %
Total Workers 634 360 274
Main Worker 331 - -
Marginal Worker 303 103 200

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 12.76 % of total population in Chellu village. The village Chellu currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chellu village out of total population, 634 were engaged in work activities. 52.21 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 47.79 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 634 workers engaged in Main Work, 225 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 44 were Agricultural labourer.