Dahigan Population - Mayurbhanj, Orissa

Dahigan is a medium size village located in Koliana Block of Mayurbhanj district, Orissa with total 126 families residing. The Dahigan village has population of 471 of which 234 are males while 237 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dahigan village population of children with age 0-6 is 65 which makes up 13.80 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dahigan village is 1013 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Dahigan as per census is 912, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Dahigan village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Dahigan village was 73.89 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Dahigan Male literacy stands at 85.50 % while female literacy rate was 62.62 %.

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

Dahigan Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	126	-	-
Population	471	234	237
Child (0-6)	65	34	31
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	338	162	176
Literacy	73.89 %	85.50 %	62.62 %
Total Workers	180	143	37
Main Worker	50	-	-
Marginal Worker	130	101	29

Caste Factor

In Dahigan village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 71.76 % of total population in Dahigan village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dahigan village of Mayurbhanj.

Work Profile

In Dahigan village out of total population, 180 were engaged in work activities. 27.78 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 72.22 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 180 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 18 were Agricultural labourer.