Penagiri Population - Kandhamal, Orissa

Penagiri is a small village located in Phiringia Block of Kandhamal district, Orissa with total 34 families residing. The Penagiri village has population of 159 of which 86 are males while 73 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Penagiri village population of children with age 0-6 is 23 which makes up 14.47 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Penagiri village is 849 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Penagiri as per census is 917, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Penagiri village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Penagiri village was 69.85 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Penagiri Male literacy stands at 91.89 % while female literacy rate was 43.55 %.

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

Penagiri Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	34	-	-
Population	159	86	73
Child (0-6)	23	12	11
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	114	59	55
Literacy	69.85 %	91.89 %	43.55 %
Total Workers	88	47	41
Main Worker	86	-	-
Marginal Worker	2	0	2

Caste Factor

In Penagiri village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 71.70 % of total population in Penagiri village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Penagiri village of Kandhamal.

Work Profile

In Penagiri village out of total population, 88 were engaged in work activities. 97.73 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.27 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 88 workers engaged in Main Work, 79 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.