Thongapada Population - Rayagada, Orissa

Thongapada is a medium size village located in Bishamakatak Block of Rayagada district, Orissa with total 82 families residing. The Thongapada village has population of 334 of which 167 are males while 167 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Thongapada village population of children with age 0-6 is 64 which makes up 19.16 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Thongapada village is 1000 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Thongapada as per census is 939, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Thongapada village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Thongapada village was 68.15 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Thongapada Male literacy stands at 79.10 % while female literacy rate was 57.35 %.

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

Thongapada Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	82	-	-
Population	334	167	167
Child (0-6)	64	33	31
Schedule Caste	90	42	48
Schedule Tribe	91	49	42
Literacy	68.15 %	79.10 %	57.35 %
Total Workers	234	112	122
Main Worker	18	-	-
Marginal Worker	216	103	113

Caste Factor

In Thongapada village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 27.25 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 26.95 % of total population in Thongapada village.

Work Profile

In Thongapada village out of total population, 234 were engaged in work activities. 7.69 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 92.31 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 234 workers engaged in Main Work, 5 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 6 were Agricultural labourer.