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Mendhapalli Population - Ganjam, Orissa

Mendhapalli is a medium size village located in PURUSOTTAMPUR Block of Ganjam district, Orissa with total 78 families residing. The Mendhapalli village has population of 350 of which 182 are males while 168 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mendhapalli village population of children with age 0-6 is 48 which makes up 13.71 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mendhapalli village is 923 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Mendhapalli as per census is 1286, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Mendhapalli village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Mendhapalli village was 50.33 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Mendhapalli Male literacy stands at 67.70 % while female literacy rate was 30.50 %.

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

Mendhapalli Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 78 - -
Population 350 182 168
Child (0-6) 48 21 27
Schedule Caste 128 67 61
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 50.33 % 67.70 % 30.50 %
Total Workers 213 114 99
Main Worker 207 - -
Marginal Worker 6 3 3

Caste Factor

In Mendhapalli village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 36.57 % of total population in Mendhapalli village. The village Mendhapalli currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Mendhapalli village out of total population, 213 were engaged in work activities. 97.18 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.82 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 213 workers engaged in Main Work, 5 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 202 were Agricultural labourer.