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Pelar Population - Gajapati, Orissa

Pelar is a medium size village located in Serango Block of Gajapati district, Orissa with total 52 families residing. The Pelar village has population of 264 of which 112 are males while 152 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pelar village population of children with age 0-6 is 38 which makes up 14.39 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pelar village is 1357 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Pelar as per census is 810, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Pelar village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Pelar village was 38.94 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Pelar Male literacy stands at 51.65 % while female literacy rate was 30.37 %.

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

Pelar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 52 - -
Population 264 112 152
Child (0-6) 38 21 17
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 260 110 150
Literacy 38.94 % 51.65 % 30.37 %
Total Workers 154 57 97
Main Worker 52 - -
Marginal Worker 102 19 83

Caste Factor

In Pelar village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.48 % of total population in Pelar village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Pelar village of Gajapati.

Work Profile

In Pelar village out of total population, 154 were engaged in work activities. 33.77 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 66.23 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 154 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 43 were Agricultural labourer.