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Bam Population - Gajapati, Orissa

Bam is a medium size village located in Mohana Block of Gajapati district, Orissa with total 54 families residing. The Bam village has population of 256 of which 121 are males while 135 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bam village population of children with age 0-6 is 61 which makes up 23.83 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bam village is 1116 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Bam as per census is 1259, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Bam village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Bam village was 32.82 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Bam Male literacy stands at 46.81 % while female literacy rate was 19.80 %.

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

Bam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 54 - -
Population 256 121 135
Child (0-6) 61 27 34
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 246 116 130
Literacy 32.82 % 46.81 % 19.80 %
Total Workers 139 68 71
Main Worker 98 - -
Marginal Worker 41 15 26

Caste Factor

In Bam village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 96.09 % of total population in Bam village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Bam village of Gajapati.

Work Profile

In Bam village out of total population, 139 were engaged in work activities. 70.50 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 29.50 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 139 workers engaged in Main Work, 46 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 49 were Agricultural labourer.