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Uparjhar Population - Balangir, Orissa

Uparjhar is a medium size village located in Tushura Block of Balangir district, Orissa with total 381 families residing. The Uparjhar village has population of 1523 of which 776 are males while 747 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Uparjhar village population of children with age 0-6 is 200 which makes up 13.13 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Uparjhar village is 963 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Uparjhar as per census is 887, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Uparjhar village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Uparjhar village was 72.26 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Uparjhar Male literacy stands at 81.79 % while female literacy rate was 62.48 %.

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

Uparjhar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 381 - -
Population 1,523 776 747
Child (0-6) 200 106 94
Schedule Caste 214 106 108
Schedule Tribe 109 56 53
Literacy 72.26 % 81.79 % 62.48 %
Total Workers 559 455 104
Main Worker 123 - -
Marginal Worker 436 344 92

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 14.05 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 7.16 % of total population in Uparjhar village.

Work Profile

In Uparjhar village out of total population, 559 were engaged in work activities. 22.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 78.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 559 workers engaged in Main Work, 46 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 9 were Agricultural labourer.