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Argan Population - Debagarh, Orissa

Argan is a small village located in Reamal Block of Debagarh district, Orissa with total 27 families residing. The Argan village has population of 129 of which 67 are males while 62 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Argan village population of children with age 0-6 is 19 which makes up 14.73 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Argan village is 925 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Argan as per census is 727, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Argan village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Argan village was 53.64 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Argan Male literacy stands at 57.14 % while female literacy rate was 50.00 %.

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

Argan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 27 - -
Population 129 67 62
Child (0-6) 19 11 8
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 112 59 53
Literacy 53.64 % 57.14 % 50.00 %
Total Workers 67 35 32
Main Worker 28 - -
Marginal Worker 39 9 30

Caste Factor

In Argan village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 86.82 % of total population in Argan village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Argan village of Debagarh.

Work Profile

In Argan village out of total population, 67 were engaged in work activities. 41.79 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 58.21 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 67 workers engaged in Main Work, 3 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 20 were Agricultural labourer.