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Gunja Population - Koraput, Orissa

Gunja is a medium size village located in Nandapur Block of Koraput district, Orissa with total 335 families residing. The Gunja village has population of 1281 of which 629 are males while 652 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gunja village population of children with age 0-6 is 216 which makes up 16.86 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gunja village is 1037 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Gunja as per census is 1019, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Gunja village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Gunja village was 49.30 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Gunja Male literacy stands at 60.34 % while female literacy rate was 38.67 %.

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

Gunja Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 335 - -
Population 1,281 629 652
Child (0-6) 216 107 109
Schedule Caste 210 102 108
Schedule Tribe 449 222 227
Literacy 49.30 % 60.34 % 38.67 %
Total Workers 876 425 451
Main Worker 625 - -
Marginal Worker 251 84 167

Caste Factor

In Gunja village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 35.05 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 16.39 % of total population in Gunja village.

Work Profile

In Gunja village out of total population, 876 were engaged in work activities. 71.35 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 28.65 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 876 workers engaged in Main Work, 346 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 258 were Agricultural labourer.