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Gandakul Population - Kendrapara, Orissa

Gandakul is a medium size village located in Pattamundai Block of Kendrapara district, Orissa with total 255 families residing. The Gandakul village has population of 1236 of which 625 are males while 611 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gandakul village population of children with age 0-6 is 134 which makes up 10.84 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gandakul village is 978 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Gandakul as per census is 1062, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Gandakul village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Gandakul village was 77.13 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Gandakul Male literacy stands at 82.68 % while female literacy rate was 71.40 %.

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

Gandakul Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 255 - -
Population 1,236 625 611
Child (0-6) 134 65 69
Schedule Caste 301 154 147
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 77.13 % 82.68 % 71.40 %
Total Workers 459 381 78
Main Worker 152 - -
Marginal Worker 307 239 68

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 24.35 % of total population in Gandakul village. The village Gandakul currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gandakul village out of total population, 459 were engaged in work activities. 33.12 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 66.88 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 459 workers engaged in Main Work, 74 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 16 were Agricultural labourer.