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Materu Population - Malkangiri, Orissa

Materu is a medium size village located in Podia Block of Malkangiri district, Orissa with total 289 families residing. The Materu village has population of 1301 of which 600 are males while 701 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Materu village population of children with age 0-6 is 259 which makes up 19.91 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Materu village is 1168 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Materu as per census is 1123, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Materu village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Materu village was 21.11 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Materu Male literacy stands at 18.41 % while female literacy rate was 23.40 %.

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

Materu Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 289 - -
Population 1,301 600 701
Child (0-6) 259 122 137
Schedule Caste 47 28 19
Schedule Tribe 1,247 566 681
Literacy 21.11 % 18.41 % 23.40 %
Total Workers 711 365 346
Main Worker 686 - -
Marginal Worker 25 12 13

Caste Factor

In Materu village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 95.85 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 3.61 % of total population in Materu village.

Work Profile

In Materu village out of total population, 711 were engaged in work activities. 96.48 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.52 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 711 workers engaged in Main Work, 592 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 73 were Agricultural labourer.