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Peta Population - Malkangiri, Orissa

Peta is a medium size village located in Motu Block of Malkangiri district, Orissa with total 157 families residing. The Peta village has population of 635 of which 324 are males while 311 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Peta village population of children with age 0-6 is 123 which makes up 19.37 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Peta village is 960 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Peta as per census is 836, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Peta village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Peta village was 21.09 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Peta Male literacy stands at 26.07 % while female literacy rate was 16.08 %.

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

Peta Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 157 - -
Population 635 324 311
Child (0-6) 123 67 56
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 632 322 310
Literacy 21.09 % 26.07 % 16.08 %
Total Workers 416 212 204
Main Worker 298 - -
Marginal Worker 118 24 94

Caste Factor

In Peta village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.53 % of total population in Peta village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Peta village of Malkangiri.

Work Profile

In Peta village out of total population, 416 were engaged in work activities. 71.63 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 28.37 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 416 workers engaged in Main Work, 236 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 58 were Agricultural labourer.