Gaganaposh Population - Sundargarh, Orissa

Gaganaposh is a medium size village located in Kamarposh Balang Block of Sundargarh district, Orissa with total 117 families residing. The Gaganaposh village has population of 527 of which 252 are males while 275 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gaganaposh village population of children with age 0-6 is 95 which makes up 18.03 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gaganaposh village is 1091 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Gaganaposh as per census is 1209, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Gaganaposh village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Gaganaposh village was 51.39 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Gaganaposh Male literacy stands at 63.64 % while female literacy rate was 39.91 %.

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

Gaganaposh Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	117	-	-
Population	527	252	275
Child (0-6)	95	43	52
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	472	224	248
Literacy	51.39 %	63.64 %	39.91 %
Total Workers	328	149	179
Main Worker	90	-	-
Marginal Worker	238	61	177

Caste Factor

In Gaganaposh village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 89.56 % of total population in Gaganaposh village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Gaganaposh village of Sundargarh.

Work Profile

In Gaganaposh village out of total population, 328 were engaged in work activities. 27.44 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 72.56 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 328 workers engaged in Main Work, 87 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.