Tikarigam Population - Kandhamal, Orissa

Tikarigam is a medium size village located in Kotagarh Block of Kandhamal district, Orissa with total 76 families residing. The Tikarigam village has population of 379 of which 189 are males while 190 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Tikarigam village population of children with age 0-6 is 95 which makes up 25.07 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Tikarigam village is 1005 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Tikarigam as per census is 827, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Tikarigam village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Tikarigam village was 49.65 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Tikarigam Male literacy stands at 63.50 % while female literacy rate was 36.73 %.

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

Tikarigam Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	76	-	-
Population	379	189	190
Child (0-6)	95	52	43
Schedule Caste	139	72	67
Schedule Tribe	204	97	107
Literacy	49.65 %	63.50 %	36.73 %
Total Workers	186	89	97
Main Worker	66	-	-
Marginal Worker	120	28	92

Caste Factor

In Tikarigam village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 53.83 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 36.68 % of total population in Tikarigam village.

Work Profile

In Tikarigam village out of total population, 186 were engaged in work activities. 35.48 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 64.52 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 186 workers engaged in Main Work, 46 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.