Gangajal Population - Sundargarh, Orissa

Gangajal is a large village located in Baragaon Block of Sundargarh district, Orissa with total 487 families residing. The Gangajal village has population of 2046 of which 1024 are males while 1022 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gangajal village population of children with age 0-6 is 235 which makes up 11.49 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gangajal village is 998 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Gangajal as per census is 1043, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Gangajal village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Gangajal village was 65.16 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Gangajal Male literacy stands at 74.37 % while female literacy rate was 55.88 %.

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

Gangajal Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	487	-	-
Population	2,046	1,024	1,022
Child (0-6)	235	115	120
Schedule Caste	141	69	72
Schedule Tribe	1,397	685	712
Literacy	65.16 %	74.37 %	55.88 %
Total Workers	914	587	327
Main Worker	709	-	-
Marginal Worker	205	97	108

Caste Factor

In Gangajal village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 68.28 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 6.89 % of total population in Gangajal village.

Work Profile

In Gangajal village out of total population, 914 were engaged in work activities. 77.57 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 22.43 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 914 workers engaged in Main Work, 393 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 87 were Agricultural labourer.