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Gajinaju Population - Kandhamal, Orissa

Gajinaju is a medium size village located in Kotagarh Block of Kandhamal district, Orissa with total 103 families residing. The Gajinaju village has population of 480 of which 215 are males while 265 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gajinaju village population of children with age 0-6 is 104 which makes up 21.67 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gajinaju village is 1233 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Gajinaju as per census is 926, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Gajinaju village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Gajinaju village was 30.32 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Gajinaju Male literacy stands at 47.83 % while female literacy rate was 17.21 %.

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

Gajinaju Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 103 - -
Population 480 215 265
Child (0-6) 104 54 50
Schedule Caste 33 19 14
Schedule Tribe 408 173 235
Literacy 30.32 % 47.83 % 17.21 %
Total Workers 260 109 151
Main Worker 56 - -
Marginal Worker 204 56 148

Caste Factor

In Gajinaju village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 85.00 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 6.88 % of total population in Gajinaju village.

Work Profile

In Gajinaju village out of total population, 260 were engaged in work activities. 21.54 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 78.46 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 260 workers engaged in Main Work, 2 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 42 were Agricultural labourer.