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Mahachhai Population - Ganjam, Orissa

Mahachhai is a medium size village located in KABISURYANAGAR Block of Ganjam district, Orissa with total 423 families residing. The Mahachhai village has population of 1739 of which 841 are males while 898 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mahachhai village population of children with age 0-6 is 248 which makes up 14.26 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mahachhai village is 1068 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Mahachhai as per census is 865, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Mahachhai village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Mahachhai village was 65.53 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Mahachhai Male literacy stands at 83.19 % while female literacy rate was 49.55 %.

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

Mahachhai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 423 - -
Population 1,739 841 898
Child (0-6) 248 133 115
Schedule Caste 555 282 273
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 65.53 % 83.19 % 49.55 %
Total Workers 644 433 211
Main Worker 487 - -
Marginal Worker 157 94 63

Caste Factor

Mahachhai village of Ganjam has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 31.91 % of total population in Mahachhai village. The village Mahachhai currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Mahachhai village out of total population, 644 were engaged in work activities. 75.62 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 24.38 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 644 workers engaged in Main Work, 236 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 90 were Agricultural labourer.