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Kolegam Population - Nabarangapur, Orissa

Kolegam is a medium size village located in Jharigan Block of Nabarangapur district, Orissa with total 370 families residing. The Kolegam village has population of 1704 of which 872 are males while 832 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kolegam village population of children with age 0-6 is 300 which makes up 17.61 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kolegam village is 954 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Kolegam as per census is 1128, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Kolegam village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Kolegam village was 33.97 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Kolegam Male literacy stands at 45.42 % while female literacy rate was 21.55 %.

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

Kolegam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 370 - -
Population 1,704 872 832
Child (0-6) 300 141 159
Schedule Caste 183 95 88
Schedule Tribe 819 401 418
Literacy 33.97 % 45.42 % 21.55 %
Total Workers 1,041 541 500
Main Worker 268 - -
Marginal Worker 773 301 472

Caste Factor

In Kolegam village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 48.06 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 10.74 % of total population in Kolegam village.

Work Profile

In Kolegam village out of total population, 1041 were engaged in work activities. 25.74 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 74.26 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1041 workers engaged in Main Work, 221 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 8 were Agricultural labourer.