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Buchahanda Population - Sundargarh, Orissa

Buchahanda is a medium size village located in Brahmani Tarang Block of Sundargarh district, Orissa with total 306 families residing. The Buchahanda village has population of 1448 of which 750 are males while 698 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Buchahanda village population of children with age 0-6 is 169 which makes up 11.67 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Buchahanda village is 931 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Buchahanda as per census is 988, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Buchahanda village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Buchahanda village was 68.73 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Buchahanda Male literacy stands at 77.74 % while female literacy rate was 58.96 %.

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

Buchahanda Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 306 - -
Population 1,448 750 698
Child (0-6) 169 85 84
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,431 741 690
Literacy 68.73 % 77.74 % 58.96 %
Total Workers 728 418 310
Main Worker 233 - -
Marginal Worker 495 219 276

Caste Factor

In Buchahanda village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.83 % of total population in Buchahanda village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Buchahanda village of Sundargarh.

Work Profile

In Buchahanda village out of total population, 728 were engaged in work activities. 32.01 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 67.99 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 728 workers engaged in Main Work, 118 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 8 were Agricultural labourer.