Ganju Population - Kandhamal, Orissa

Ganju is a medium size village located in Gochhapada Block of Kandhamal district, Orissa with total 60 families residing. The Ganju village has population of 252 of which 126 are males while 126 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ganju village population of children with age 0-6 is 48 which makes up 19.05 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ganju village is 1000 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Ganju as per census is 846, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Ganju village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Ganju village was 30.39 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Ganju Male literacy stands at 43.00 % while female literacy rate was 18.27 %.

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

Ganju Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	60	-	-
Population	252	126	126
Child (0-6)	48	26	22
Schedule Caste	100	49	51
Schedule Tribe	152	77	75
Literacy	30.39 %	43.00 %	18.27 %
Total Workers	145	69	76
Main Worker	77	-	-
Marginal Worker	68	18	50

Caste Factor

In Ganju village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 60.32 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 39.68 % of total population in Ganju village.

Work Profile

In Ganju village out of total population, 145 were engaged in work activities. 53.10 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 46.90 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 145 workers engaged in Main Work, 28 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 33 were Agricultural labourer.