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Gasama Population - Kandhamal, Orissa

Gasama is a small village located in Chakapada Block of Kandhamal district, Orissa with total 43 families residing. The Gasama village has population of 170 of which 87 are males while 83 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gasama village population of children with age 0-6 is 24 which makes up 14.12 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gasama village is 954 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Gasama as per census is 714, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Gasama village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Gasama village was 47.26 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Gasama Male literacy stands at 60.27 % while female literacy rate was 34.25 %.

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

Gasama Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 43 - -
Population 170 87 83
Child (0-6) 24 14 10
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 170 87 83
Literacy 47.26 % 60.27 % 34.25 %
Total Workers 63 42 21
Main Worker 41 - -
Marginal Worker 22 2 20

Caste Factor

In Gasama village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Gasama village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Gasama village of Kandhamal.

Work Profile

In Gasama village out of total population, 63 were engaged in work activities. 65.08 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 34.92 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 63 workers engaged in Main Work, 40 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.