Girigaon Population - Kendujhar, Orissa

Girigaon is a medium size village located in Nandipada Block of Kendujhar district, Orissa with total 209 families residing. The Girigaon village has population of 1002 of which 521 are males while 481 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Girigaon village population of children with age 0-6 is 112 which makes up 11.18 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Girigaon village is 923 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Girigaon as per census is 806, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Girigaon village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Girigaon village was 86.29 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Girigaon Male literacy stands at 92.37 % while female literacy rate was 79.81 %.

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

Girigaon Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	209	-	-
Population	1,002	521	481
Child (0-6)	112	62	50
Schedule Caste	434	230	204
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	86.29 %	92.37 %	79.81 %
Total Workers	330	317	13
Main Worker	281	-	-
Marginal Worker	49	47	2

Caste Factor

In Girigaon village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 43.31 % of total population in Girigaon village. The village Girigaon currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Girigaon village out of total population, 330 were engaged in work activities. 85.15 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 14.85 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 330 workers engaged in Main Work, 243 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 7 were Agricultural labourer.