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Gahana Population - Jajapur, Orissa

Gahana is a medium size village located in Jenapur Block of Jajapur district, Orissa with total 100 families residing. The Gahana village has population of 426 of which 212 are males while 214 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gahana village population of children with age 0-6 is 50 which makes up 11.74 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gahana village is 1009 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Gahana as per census is 1083, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Gahana village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Gahana village was 92.29 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Gahana Male literacy stands at 97.87 % while female literacy rate was 86.70 %.

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

Gahana Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 100 - -
Population 426 212 214
Child (0-6) 50 24 26
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 92.29 % 97.87 % 86.70 %
Total Workers 131 121 10
Main Worker 120 - -
Marginal Worker 11 6 5

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Gahana village out of total population, 131 were engaged in work activities. 91.60 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 8.40 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 131 workers engaged in Main Work, 14 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.