Gantra Population - Gajapati, Orissa

Gantra is a small village located in Parlakhemundi Block of Gajapati district, Orissa with total 44 families residing. The Gantra village has population of 179 of which 97 are males while 82 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gantra village population of children with age 0-6 is 31 which makes up 17.32 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gantra village is 845 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Gantra as per census is 824, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Gantra village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Gantra village was 46.62 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Gantra Male literacy stands at 60.00 % while female literacy rate was 30.88 %.

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

Gantra Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	44	-	-
Population	179	97	82
Child (0-6)	31	17	14
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	178	96	82
Literacy	46.62 %	60.00 %	30.88 %
Total Workers	110	61	49
Main Worker	52	-	-
Marginal Worker	58	14	44

Caste Factor

In Gantra village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.44 % of total population in Gantra village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Gantra village of Gajapati.

Work Profile

In Gantra village out of total population, 110 were engaged in work activities. 47.27 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 52.73 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 110 workers engaged in Main Work, 28 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 8 were Agricultural labourer.