Katuru Population - Ganjam, Orissa

Katuru is a medium size village located in GOLANTHARA Block of Ganjam district, Orissa with total 425 families residing. The Katuru village has population of 1810 of which 936 are males while 874 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Katuru village population of children with age 0-6 is 226 which makes up 12.49 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Katuru village is 934 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Katuru as per census is 780, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Katuru village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Katuru village was 61.49 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Katuru Male literacy stands at 80.35 % while female literacy rate was 41.81 %.

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

Katuru Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	425	-	-
Population	1,810	936	874
Child (0-6)	226	127	99
Schedule Caste	1,418	753	665
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	61.49 %	80.35 %	41.81 %
Total Workers	971	522	449
Main Worker	540	-	-
Marginal Worker	431	150	281

Caste Factor

In Katuru village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 78.34 % of total population in Katuru village. The village Katuru currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Katuru village out of total population, 971 were engaged in work activities. 55.61 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 44.39 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 971 workers engaged in Main Work, 119 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 16 were Agricultural labourer.