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Gahar Nagar Population - Jajapur, Orissa

Gahar Nagar is a medium size village located in Balichandrapur Block of Jajapur district, Orissa with total 304 families residing. The Gahar Nagar village has population of 1431 of which 707 are males while 724 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gahar Nagar village population of children with age 0-6 is 216 which makes up 15.09 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gahar Nagar village is 1024 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Gahar Nagar as per census is 1038, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Gahar Nagar village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Gahar Nagar village was 68.23 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Gahar Nagar Male literacy stands at 71.88 % while female literacy rate was 64.66 %.

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

Gahar Nagar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 304 - -
Population 1,431 707 724
Child (0-6) 216 106 110
Schedule Caste 556 279 277
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 68.23 % 71.88 % 64.66 %
Total Workers 515 292 223
Main Worker 416 - -
Marginal Worker 99 47 52

Caste Factor

In Gahar Nagar village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 38.85 % of total population in Gahar Nagar village. The village Gahar Nagar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gahar Nagar village out of total population, 515 were engaged in work activities. 80.78 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 19.22 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 515 workers engaged in Main Work, 44 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 258 were Agricultural labourer.