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Chocha Population - Nabarangapur, Orissa

Chocha is a medium size village located in Jharigan Block of Nabarangapur district, Orissa with total 401 families residing. The Chocha village has population of 1677 of which 784 are males while 893 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chocha village population of children with age 0-6 is 263 which makes up 15.68 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chocha village is 1139 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Chocha as per census is 839, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Chocha village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Chocha village was 38.12 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Chocha Male literacy stands at 44.62 % while female literacy rate was 32.73 %.

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

Chocha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 401 - -
Population 1,677 784 893
Child (0-6) 263 143 120
Schedule Caste 168 71 97
Schedule Tribe 352 115 237
Literacy 38.12 % 44.62 % 32.73 %
Total Workers 716 431 285
Main Worker 395 - -
Marginal Worker 321 128 193

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 20.99 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 10.02 % of total population in Chocha village.

Work Profile

In Chocha village out of total population, 716 were engaged in work activities. 55.17 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 44.83 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 716 workers engaged in Main Work, 111 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 215 were Agricultural labourer.