Handighara Population - Ganjam, Orissa

Handighara is a medium size village located in PURUSOTTAMPUR Block of Ganjam district, Orissa with total 320 families residing. The Handighara village has population of 1549 of which 765 are males while 784 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Handighara village population of children with age 0-6 is 174 which makes up 11.23 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Handighara village is 1025 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Handighara as per census is 955, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Handighara village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Handighara village was 71.35 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Handighara Male literacy stands at 84.62 % while female literacy rate was 58.51 %.

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

Handighara Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	320	-	-
Population	1,549	765	784
Child (0-6)	174	89	85
Schedule Caste	610	299	311
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	71.35 %	84.62 %	58.51 %
Total Workers	660	416	244
Main Worker	394	-	-
Marginal Worker	266	95	171

Caste Factor

In Handighara village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 39.38 % of total population in Handighara village. The village Handighara currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Handighara village out of total population, 660 were engaged in work activities. 59.70 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 40.30 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 660 workers engaged in Main Work, 160 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 17 were Agricultural labourer.