Baraja Population - Rayagada, Orissa

Baraja is a medium size village located in Kalyanasingpur Block of Rayagada district, Orissa with total 110 families residing. The Baraja village has population of 420 of which 187 are males while 233 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Baraja village population of children with age 0-6 is 82 which makes up 19.52 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Baraja village is 1246 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Baraja as per census is 1343, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Baraja village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Baraja village was 32.84 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Baraja Male literacy stands at 44.74 % while female literacy rate was 23.12 %.

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

Baraja Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	110	-	-
Population	420	187	233
Child (0-6)	82	35	47
Schedule Caste	164	73	91
Schedule Tribe	244	109	135
Literacy	32.84 %	44.74 %	23.12 %
Total Workers	270	126	144
Main Worker	132	-	-
Marginal Worker	138	15	123

Caste Factor

In Baraja village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 58.10 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 39.05 % of total population in Baraja village.

Work Profile

In Baraja village out of total population, 270 were engaged in work activities. 48.89 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 51.11 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 270 workers engaged in Main Work, 51 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 71 were Agricultural labourer.