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Mahaguda Population - Kandhamal, Orissa

Mahaguda is a medium size village located in Brahmanigaon Block of Kandhamal district, Orissa with total 69 families residing. The Mahaguda village has population of 274 of which 133 are males while 141 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mahaguda village population of children with age 0-6 is 51 which makes up 18.61 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mahaguda village is 1060 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Mahaguda as per census is 1429, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Mahaguda village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Mahaguda village was 49.33 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Mahaguda Male literacy stands at 71.43 % while female literacy rate was 27.03 %.

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

Mahaguda Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 69 - -
Population 274 133 141
Child (0-6) 51 21 30
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 246 117 129
Literacy 49.33 % 71.43 % 27.03 %
Total Workers 122 64 58
Main Worker 77 - -
Marginal Worker 45 3 42

Caste Factor

In Mahaguda village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 89.78 % of total population in Mahaguda village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Mahaguda village of Kandhamal.

Work Profile

In Mahaguda village out of total population, 122 were engaged in work activities. 63.11 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 36.89 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 122 workers engaged in Main Work, 68 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.