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Ghumargam Population - Koraput, Orissa

Ghumargam is a medium size village located in Kotpad Block of Koraput district, Orissa with total 377 families residing. The Ghumargam village has population of 1792 of which 908 are males while 884 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ghumargam village population of children with age 0-6 is 308 which makes up 17.19 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ghumargam village is 974 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Ghumargam as per census is 901, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Ghumargam village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Ghumargam village was 47.17 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Ghumargam Male literacy stands at 61.39 % while female literacy rate was 32.79 %.

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

Ghumargam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 377 - -
Population 1,792 908 884
Child (0-6) 308 162 146
Schedule Caste 259 130 129
Schedule Tribe 1,265 644 621
Literacy 47.17 % 61.39 % 32.79 %
Total Workers 886 492 394
Main Worker 341 - -
Marginal Worker 545 216 329

Caste Factor

In Ghumargam village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 70.59 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 14.45 % of total population in Ghumargam village.

Work Profile

In Ghumargam village out of total population, 886 were engaged in work activities. 38.49 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 61.51 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 886 workers engaged in Main Work, 138 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 119 were Agricultural labourer.