Garhkujang Population - Jagatsinghapur, Orissa

Garhkujang is a large village located in Abhyachandpur Block of Jagatsinghapur district, Orissa with total 455 families residing. The Garhkujang village has population of 2082 of which 1031 are males while 1051 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Garhkujang village population of children with age 0-6 is 242 which makes up 11.62 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Garhkujang village is 1019 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Garhkujang as per census is 754, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Garhkujang village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Garhkujang village was 85.00 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Garhkujang Male literacy stands at 91.49 % while female literacy rate was 78.88 %.

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

Garhkujang Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	455	-	-
Population	2,082	1,031	1,051
Child (0-6)	242	138	104
Schedule Caste	1,247	609	638
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	85.00 %	91.49 %	78.88 %
Total Workers	834	584	250
Main Worker	561	-	-
Marginal Worker	273	65	208

Caste Factor

In Garhkujang village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 59.89 % of total population in Garhkujang village. The village Garhkujang currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Garhkujang village out of total population, 834 were engaged in work activities. 67.27 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 32.73 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 834 workers engaged in Main Work, 272 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 201 were Agricultural labourer.