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Ghosaghar Population - Jagatsinghapur, Orissa

Ghosaghar is a medium size village located in Ersama Block of Jagatsinghapur district, Orissa with total 184 families residing. The Ghosaghar village has population of 843 of which 424 are males while 419 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ghosaghar village population of children with age 0-6 is 74 which makes up 8.78 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ghosaghar village is 988 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Ghosaghar as per census is 682, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Ghosaghar village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Ghosaghar village was 77.24 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Ghosaghar Male literacy stands at 88.95 % while female literacy rate was 65.81 %.

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

Ghosaghar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 184 - -
Population 843 424 419
Child (0-6) 74 44 30
Schedule Caste 311 159 152
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 77.24 % 88.95 % 65.81 %
Total Workers 268 235 33
Main Worker 233 - -
Marginal Worker 35 30 5

Caste Factor

In Ghosaghar village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 36.89 % of total population in Ghosaghar village. The village Ghosaghar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Ghosaghar village out of total population, 268 were engaged in work activities. 86.94 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 13.06 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 268 workers engaged in Main Work, 121 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 17 were Agricultural labourer.