Gandagan Population - Kandhamal, Orissa

Gandagan is a medium size village located in Tikabali Block of Kandhamal district, Orissa with total 100 families residing. The Gandagan village has population of 372 of which 188 are males while 184 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gandagan village population of children with age 0-6 is 58 which makes up 15.59 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gandagan village is 979 which is equal than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Gandagan as per census is 526, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Gandagan village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Gandagan village was 53.82 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Gandagan Male literacy stands at 74.00 % while female literacy rate was 35.37 %.

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

Gandagan Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	100	-	-
Population	372	188	184
Child (0-6)	58	38	20
Schedule Caste	208	103	105
Schedule Tribe	156	80	76
Literacy	53.82 %	74.00 %	35.37 %
Total Workers	223	109	114
Main Worker	109	-	-
Marginal Worker	114	16	98

Caste Factor

In Gandagan village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 55.91 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 41.94 % of total population in Gandagan village.

Work Profile

In Gandagan village out of total population, 223 were engaged in work activities. 48.88 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 51.12 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 223 workers engaged in Main Work, 11 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 75 were Agricultural labourer.