Pekata Population - Gajapati, Orissa

Pekata is a medium size village located in Rayagada Block of Gajapati district, Orissa with total 232 families residing. The Pekata village has population of 1062 of which 512 are males while 550 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pekata village population of children with age 0-6 is 188 which makes up 17.70 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pekata village is 1074 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Pekata as per census is 1238, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Pekata village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Pekata village was 43.14 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Pekata Male literacy stands at 62.62 % while female literacy rate was 24.44 %.

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

Pekata Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	232	-	-
Population	1,062	512	550
Child (0-6)	188	84	104
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	1,055	509	546
Literacy	43.14 %	62.62 %	24.44 %
Total Workers	627	295	332
Main Worker	156	-	-
Marginal Worker	471	156	315

Caste Factor

In Pekata village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.34 % of total population in Pekata village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Pekata village of Gajapati.

Work Profile

In Pekata village out of total population, 627 were engaged in work activities. 24.88 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 75.12 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 627 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 147 were Agricultural labourer.