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Turekela Population - Balangir, Orissa

Turekela is a medium size village located in Sindhekela Block of Balangir district, Orissa with total 263 families residing. The Turekela village has population of 1012 of which 503 are males while 509 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Turekela village population of children with age 0-6 is 116 which makes up 11.46 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Turekela village is 1012 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Turekela as per census is 871, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Turekela village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Turekela village was 49.44 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Turekela Male literacy stands at 62.59 % while female literacy rate was 36.70 %.

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

Turekela Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 263 - -
Population 1,012 503 509
Child (0-6) 116 62 54
Schedule Caste 228 115 113
Schedule Tribe 243 124 119
Literacy 49.44 % 62.59 % 36.70 %
Total Workers 529 275 254
Main Worker 162 - -
Marginal Worker 367 145 222

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 24.01 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 22.53 % of total population in Turekela village.

Work Profile

In Turekela village out of total population, 529 were engaged in work activities. 30.62 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 69.38 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 529 workers engaged in Main Work, 65 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 25 were Agricultural labourer.