Malikagan Population - Kandhamal, Orissa

Malikagan is a medium size village located in G.Udayagiri Block of Kandhamal district, Orissa with total 141 families residing. The Malikagan village has population of 549 of which 276 are males while 273 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Malikagan village population of children with age 0-6 is 61 which makes up 11.11 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Malikagan village is 989 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Malikagan as per census is 1103, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Malikagan village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Malikagan village was 70.70 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Malikagan Male literacy stands at 82.59 % while female literacy rate was 58.51 %.

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

Malikagan Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	141	-	-
Population	549	276	273
Child (0-6)	61	29	32
Schedule Caste	158	82	76
Schedule Tribe	251	124	127
Literacy	70.70 %	82.59 %	58.51 %
Total Workers	338	164	174
Main Worker	104	-	-
Marginal Worker	234	69	165

Caste Factor

In Malikagan village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 45.72 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 28.78 % of total population in Malikagan village.

Work Profile

In Malikagan village out of total population, 338 were engaged in work activities. 30.77 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 69.23 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 338 workers engaged in Main Work, 37 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 56 were Agricultural labourer.