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Ghigidia Population - Kendrapara, Orissa

Ghigidia is a medium size village located in Nikirai Block of Kendrapara district, Orissa with total 283 families residing. The Ghigidia village has population of 1169 of which 580 are males while 589 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ghigidia village population of children with age 0-6 is 130 which makes up 11.12 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ghigidia village is 1016 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Ghigidia as per census is 757, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Ghigidia village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Ghigidia village was 89.80 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Ghigidia Male literacy stands at 94.47 % while female literacy rate was 85.37 %.

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

Ghigidia Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 283 - -
Population 1,169 580 589
Child (0-6) 130 74 56
Schedule Caste 187 94 93
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 89.80 % 94.47 % 85.37 %
Total Workers 366 345 21
Main Worker 200 - -
Marginal Worker 166 154 12

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 16.00 % of total population in Ghigidia village. The village Ghigidia currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Ghigidia village out of total population, 366 were engaged in work activities. 54.64 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 45.36 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 366 workers engaged in Main Work, 91 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 27 were Agricultural labourer.