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Dagan Population - Jagatsinghapur, Orissa

Dagan is a medium size village located in Balikuda Block of Jagatsinghapur district, Orissa with total 189 families residing. The Dagan village has population of 813 of which 388 are males while 425 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dagan village population of children with age 0-6 is 68 which makes up 8.36 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dagan village is 1095 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Dagan as per census is 700, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Dagan village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Dagan village was 80.13 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Dagan Male literacy stands at 85.92 % while female literacy rate was 75.06 %.

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

Dagan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 189 - -
Population 813 388 425
Child (0-6) 68 40 28
Schedule Caste 337 157 180
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 80.13 % 85.92 % 75.06 %
Total Workers 268 196 72
Main Worker 262 - -
Marginal Worker 6 3 3

Caste Factor

In Dagan village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 41.45 % of total population in Dagan village. The village Dagan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dagan village out of total population, 268 were engaged in work activities. 97.76 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.24 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 268 workers engaged in Main Work, 75 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 139 were Agricultural labourer.