Mahagudi Population - Kandhamal, Orissa

Mahagudi is a medium size village located in Brahmanigaon Block of Kandhamal district, Orissa with total 186 families residing. The Mahagudi village has population of 745 of which 364 are males while 381 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mahagudi village population of children with age 0-6 is 146 which makes up 19.60 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mahagudi village is 1047 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Mahagudi as per census is 947, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Mahagudi village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Mahagudi village was 61.94 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Mahagudi Male literacy stands at 74.05 % while female literacy rate was 50.65 %.

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

Mahagudi Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	186	-	-
Population	745	364	381
Child (0-6)	146	75	71
Schedule Caste	239	113	126
Schedule Tribe	311	160	151
Literacy	61.94 %	74.05 %	50.65 %
Total Workers	386	204	182
Main Worker	204	-	-
Marginal Worker	182	79	103

Caste Factor

In Mahagudi village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 41.74 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 32.08 % of total population in Mahagudi village.

Work Profile

In Mahagudi village out of total population, 386 were engaged in work activities. 52.85 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 47.15 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 386 workers engaged in Main Work, 80 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 80 were Agricultural labourer.