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Ghoghar Population - Sundargarh, Orissa

Ghoghar is a medium size village located in Rajagangapur Block of Sundargarh district, Orissa with total 344 families residing. The Ghoghar village has population of 1690 of which 833 are males while 857 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ghoghar village population of children with age 0-6 is 256 which makes up 15.15 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ghoghar village is 1029 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Ghoghar as per census is 1081, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Ghoghar village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Ghoghar village was 61.58 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Ghoghar Male literacy stands at 73.66 % while female literacy rate was 49.72 %.

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

Ghoghar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 344 - -
Population 1,690 833 857
Child (0-6) 256 123 133
Schedule Caste 272 136 136
Schedule Tribe 1,286 632 654
Literacy 61.58 % 73.66 % 49.72 %
Total Workers 504 419 85
Main Worker 279 - -
Marginal Worker 225 163 62

Caste Factor

In Ghoghar village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 76.09 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 16.09 % of total population in Ghoghar village.

Work Profile

In Ghoghar village out of total population, 504 were engaged in work activities. 55.36 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 44.64 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 504 workers engaged in Main Work, 149 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.