Padikia Population - Kandhamal, Orissa

Padikia is a medium size village located in Brahmanigaon Block of Kandhamal district, Orissa with total 40 families residing. The Padikia village has population of 222 of which 99 are males while 123 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Padikia village population of children with age 0-6 is 54 which makes up 24.32 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Padikia village is 1242 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Padikia as per census is 1250, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Padikia village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Padikia village was 50.60 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Padikia Male literacy stands at 74.67 % while female literacy rate was 31.18 %.

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

Padikia Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	40	-	-
Population	222	99	123
Child (0-6)	54	24	30
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	209	94	115
Literacy	50.60 %	74.67 %	31.18 %
Total Workers	103	48	55
Main Worker	46	-	-
Marginal Worker	57	5	52

Caste Factor

In Padikia village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 94.14 % of total population in Padikia village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Padikia village of Kandhamal.

Work Profile

In Padikia village out of total population, 103 were engaged in work activities. 44.66 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 55.34 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 103 workers engaged in Main Work, 16 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 27 were Agricultural labourer.