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Loba Population - Gajapati, Orissa

Loba is a medium size village located in Ramagiri Block of Gajapati district, Orissa with total 356 families residing. The Loba village has population of 1557 of which 728 are males while 829 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Loba village population of children with age 0-6 is 267 which makes up 17.15 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Loba village is 1139 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Loba as per census is 1070, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Loba village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Loba village was 44.96 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Loba Male literacy stands at 64.44 % while female literacy rate was 28.08 %.

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

Loba Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 356 - -
Population 1,557 728 829
Child (0-6) 267 129 138
Schedule Caste 1 1 0
Schedule Tribe 1,553 726 827
Literacy 44.96 % 64.44 % 28.08 %
Total Workers 1,079 485 594
Main Worker 172 - -
Marginal Worker 907 373 534

Caste Factor

In Loba village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.74 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.06 % of total population in Loba village.

Work Profile

In Loba village out of total population, 1079 were engaged in work activities. 15.94 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 84.06 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1079 workers engaged in Main Work, 33 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 100 were Agricultural labourer.