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Gangapur Population - Puri, Orissa

Gangapur is a medium size village located in Astaranga Block of Puri district, Orissa with total 95 families residing. The Gangapur village has population of 398 of which 206 are males while 192 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gangapur village population of children with age 0-6 is 36 which makes up 9.05 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gangapur village is 932 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Gangapur as per census is 1118, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Gangapur village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Gangapur village was 84.81 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Gangapur Male literacy stands at 93.12 % while female literacy rate was 75.72 %.

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

Gangapur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 95 - -
Population 398 206 192
Child (0-6) 36 17 19
Schedule Caste 136 75 61
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 84.81 % 93.12 % 75.72 %
Total Workers 276 148 128
Main Worker 137 - -
Marginal Worker 139 44 95

Caste Factor

Gangapur village of Puri has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 34.17 % of total population in Gangapur village. The village Gangapur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gangapur village out of total population, 276 were engaged in work activities. 49.64 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 50.36 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 276 workers engaged in Main Work, 126 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 7 were Agricultural labourer.