Geranga Population - Gajapati, Orissa

Geranga is a medium size village located in Adva Block of Gajapati district, Orissa with total 71 families residing. The Geranga village has population of 322 of which 155 are males while 167 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Geranga village population of children with age 0-6 is 58 which makes up 18.01 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Geranga village is 1077 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Geranga as per census is 1522, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Geranga village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Geranga village was 58.71 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Geranga Male literacy stands at 76.52 % while female literacy rate was 40.91 %.

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

Geranga Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	71	-	-
Population	322	155	167
Child (0-6)	58	23	35
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	312	148	164
Literacy	58.71 %	76.52 %	40.91 %
Total Workers	176	84	92
Main Worker	20	-	-
Marginal Worker	156	74	82

Caste Factor

In Geranga village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 96.89 % of total population in Geranga village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Geranga village of Gajapati.

Work Profile

In Geranga village out of total population, 176 were engaged in work activities. 11.36 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 88.64 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 176 workers engaged in Main Work, 14 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.