Taja Population - Rayagada, Orissa

Taja is a medium size village located in Kalyanasingpur Block of Rayagada district, Orissa with total 63 families residing. The Taja village has population of 291 of which 131 are males while 160 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Taja village population of children with age 0-6 is 58 which makes up 19.93 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Taja village is 1221 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Taja as per census is 1071, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Taja village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Taja village was 18.45 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Taja Male literacy stands at 25.24 % while female literacy rate was 13.08 %.

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

Taja Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	63	-	-
Population	291	131	160
Child (0-6)	58	28	30
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	290	130	160
Literacy	18.45 %	25.24 %	13.08 %
Total Workers	63	58	5
Main Worker	57	-	-
Marginal Worker	6	2	4

Caste Factor

In Taja village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.66 % of total population in Taja village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Taja village of Rayagada.

Work Profile

In Taja village out of total population, 63 were engaged in work activities. 90.48 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 9.52 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 63 workers engaged in Main Work, 57 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.