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Gahmasikhar Population - Kendrapara, Orissa

Gahmasikhar is a medium size village located in Rajnagar Block of Kendrapara district, Orissa with total 55 families residing. The Gahmasikhar village has population of 289 of which 134 are males while 155 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gahmasikhar village population of children with age 0-6 is 33 which makes up 11.42 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gahmasikhar village is 1157 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Gahmasikhar as per census is 1538, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Gahmasikhar village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Gahmasikhar village was 92.58 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Gahmasikhar Male literacy stands at 97.52 % while female literacy rate was 88.15 %.

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

Gahmasikhar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 55 - -
Population 289 134 155
Child (0-6) 33 13 20
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 92.58 % 97.52 % 88.15 %
Total Workers 141 74 67
Main Worker 55 - -
Marginal Worker 86 22 64

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Gahmasikhar village of Kendrapara district.

Work Profile

In Gahmasikhar village out of total population, 141 were engaged in work activities. 39.01 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 60.99 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 141 workers engaged in Main Work, 24 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 29 were Agricultural labourer.