Gachergan Population - Kandhamal, Orissa

Gachergan is a small village located in Tumudibandha Block of Kandhamal district, Orissa with total 28 families residing. The Gachergan village has population of 146 of which 67 are males while 79 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gachergan village population of children with age 0-6 is 27 which makes up 18.49 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gachergan village is 1179 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Gachergan as per census is 929, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Gachergan village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Gachergan village was 31.93 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Gachergan Male literacy stands at 32.08 % while female literacy rate was 31.82 %.

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

Gachergan Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	28	-	-
Population	146	67	79
Child (0-6)	27	14	13
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	146	67	79
Literacy	31.93 %	32.08 %	31.82 %
Total Workers	69	34	35
Main Worker	11	-	-
Marginal Worker	58	25	33

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Gachergan village out of total population, 69 were engaged in work activities. 15.94 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 84.06 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 69 workers engaged in Main Work, 7 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.