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Paikarai Population - Gajapati, Orissa

Paikarai is a medium size village located in R.Udaygiri Block of Gajapati district, Orissa with total 70 families residing. The Paikarai village has population of 342 of which 169 are males while 173 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Paikarai village population of children with age 0-6 is 91 which makes up 26.61 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Paikarai village is 1024 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Paikarai as per census is 784, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Paikarai village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Paikarai village was 29.08 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Paikarai Male literacy stands at 44.92 % while female literacy rate was 15.04 %.

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

Paikarai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 70 - -
Population 342 169 173
Child (0-6) 91 51 40
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 342 169 173
Literacy 29.08 % 44.92 % 15.04 %
Total Workers 178 79 99
Main Worker 26 - -
Marginal Worker 152 61 91

Caste Factor

In Paikarai village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Paikarai village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Paikarai village of Gajapati.

Work Profile

In Paikarai village out of total population, 178 were engaged in work activities. 14.61 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 85.39 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 178 workers engaged in Main Work, 15 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 9 were Agricultural labourer.