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Bam Population - Nayagarh, Orissa

Bam is a medium size village located in Banigochha Block of Nayagarh district, Orissa with total 223 families residing. The Bam village has population of 792 of which 403 are males while 389 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bam village population of children with age 0-6 is 109 which makes up 13.76 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bam village is 965 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Bam as per census is 946, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Bam village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Bam village was 58.27 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Bam Male literacy stands at 69.74 % while female literacy rate was 46.43 %.

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

Bam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 223 - -
Population 792 403 389
Child (0-6) 109 56 53
Schedule Caste 304 147 157
Schedule Tribe 1 0 1
Literacy 58.27 % 69.74 % 46.43 %
Total Workers 286 250 36
Main Worker 32 - -
Marginal Worker 254 222 32

Caste Factor

In Bam village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 38.38 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.13 % of total population in Bam village.

Work Profile

In Bam village out of total population, 286 were engaged in work activities. 11.19 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 88.81 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 286 workers engaged in Main Work, 5 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.