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Gounighasa Population - Kendujhar, Orissa

Gounighasa is a medium size village located in Harichandanpur Block of Kendujhar district, Orissa with total 369 families residing. The Gounighasa village has population of 1424 of which 714 are males while 710 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gounighasa village population of children with age 0-6 is 210 which makes up 14.75 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gounighasa village is 994 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Gounighasa as per census is 1019, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Gounighasa village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Gounighasa village was 63.34 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Gounighasa Male literacy stands at 77.87 % while female literacy rate was 48.68 %.

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

Gounighasa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 369 - -
Population 1,424 714 710
Child (0-6) 210 104 106
Schedule Caste 157 73 84
Schedule Tribe 613 317 296
Literacy 63.34 % 77.87 % 48.68 %
Total Workers 921 455 466
Main Worker 286 - -
Marginal Worker 635 194 441

Caste Factor

In Gounighasa village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 43.05 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 11.03 % of total population in Gounighasa village.

Work Profile

In Gounighasa village out of total population, 921 were engaged in work activities. 31.05 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 68.95 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 921 workers engaged in Main Work, 124 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 108 were Agricultural labourer.