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Pegadapalli Population - Malkangiri, Orissa

Pegadapalli is a medium size village located in Podia Block of Malkangiri district, Orissa with total 154 families residing. The Pegadapalli village has population of 602 of which 306 are males while 296 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pegadapalli village population of children with age 0-6 is 101 which makes up 16.78 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pegadapalli village is 967 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Pegadapalli as per census is 1196, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Pegadapalli village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Pegadapalli village was 17.37 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Pegadapalli Male literacy stands at 26.15 % while female literacy rate was 7.88 %.

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

Pegadapalli Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 154 - -
Population 602 306 296
Child (0-6) 101 46 55
Schedule Caste 2 1 1
Schedule Tribe 573 290 283
Literacy 17.37 % 26.15 % 7.88 %
Total Workers 354 179 175
Main Worker 353 - -
Marginal Worker 1 1 0

Caste Factor

In Pegadapalli village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 95.18 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.33 % of total population in Pegadapalli village.

Work Profile

In Pegadapalli village out of total population, 354 were engaged in work activities. 99.72 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.28 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 354 workers engaged in Main Work, 174 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 170 were Agricultural labourer.