Khetapaju Population - Kandhamal, Orissa

Khetapaju is a medium size village located in Khajuripada Block of Kandhamal district, Orissa with total 74 families residing. The Khetapaju village has population of 250 of which 118 are males while 132 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Khetapaju village population of children with age 0-6 is 28 which makes up 11.20 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Khetapaju village is 1119 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Khetapaju as per census is 647, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Khetapaju village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Khetapaju village was 54.95 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Khetapaju Male literacy stands at 72.28 % while female literacy rate was 40.50 %.

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

Khetapaju Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	74	-	-
Population	250	118	132
Child (0-6)	28	17	11
Schedule Caste	135	61	74
Schedule Tribe	115	57	58
Literacy	54.95 %	72.28 %	40.50 %
Total Workers	123	61	62
Main Worker	50	-	-
Marginal Worker	73	15	58

Caste Factor

In Khetapaju village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 54.00 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 46.00 % of total population in Khetapaju village.

Work Profile

In Khetapaju village out of total population, 123 were engaged in work activities. 40.65 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 59.35 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 123 workers engaged in Main Work, 38 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.