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Cheruguda Population - Malkangiri, Orissa

Cheruguda is a medium size village located in Podia Block of Malkangiri district, Orissa with total 143 families residing. The Cheruguda village has population of 645 of which 312 are males while 333 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Cheruguda village population of children with age 0-6 is 148 which makes up 22.95 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Cheruguda village is 1067 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Cheruguda as per census is 1242, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Cheruguda village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Cheruguda village was 32.39 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Cheruguda Male literacy stands at 37.40 % while female literacy rate was 27.49 %.

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

Cheruguda Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 143 - -
Population 645 312 333
Child (0-6) 148 66 82
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 641 310 331
Literacy 32.39 % 37.40 % 27.49 %
Total Workers 377 193 184
Main Worker 309 - -
Marginal Worker 68 30 38

Caste Factor

In Cheruguda village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.38 % of total population in Cheruguda village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Cheruguda village of Malkangiri.

Work Profile

In Cheruguda village out of total population, 377 were engaged in work activities. 81.96 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 18.04 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 377 workers engaged in Main Work, 309 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.