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Keragam Population - Nabarangapur, Orissa

Keragam is a medium size village located in Kosagumuda Block of Nabarangapur district, Orissa with total 283 families residing. The Keragam village has population of 1465 of which 734 are males while 731 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Keragam village population of children with age 0-6 is 304 which makes up 20.75 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Keragam village is 996 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Keragam as per census is 820, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Keragam village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Keragam village was 13.95 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Keragam Male literacy stands at 20.28 % while female literacy rate was 7.91 %.

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

Keragam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 283 - -
Population 1,465 734 731
Child (0-6) 304 167 137
Schedule Caste 30 13 17
Schedule Tribe 1,377 695 682
Literacy 13.95 % 20.28 % 7.91 %
Total Workers 848 426 422
Main Worker 308 - -
Marginal Worker 540 128 412

Caste Factor

In Keragam village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 93.99 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 2.05 % of total population in Keragam village.

Work Profile

In Keragam village out of total population, 848 were engaged in work activities. 36.32 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 63.68 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 848 workers engaged in Main Work, 284 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 15 were Agricultural labourer.