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Gandhan Population - Jagatsinghapur, Orissa

Gandhan is a medium size village located in Naugaon Block of Jagatsinghapur district, Orissa with total 209 families residing. The Gandhan village has population of 913 of which 468 are males while 445 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gandhan village population of children with age 0-6 is 71 which makes up 7.78 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gandhan village is 951 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Gandhan as per census is 1088, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Gandhan village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Gandhan village was 86.82 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Gandhan Male literacy stands at 88.94 % while female literacy rate was 84.56 %.

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

Gandhan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 209 - -
Population 913 468 445
Child (0-6) 71 34 37
Schedule Caste 270 136 134
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 86.82 % 88.94 % 84.56 %
Total Workers 299 277 22
Main Worker 295 - -
Marginal Worker 4 3 1

Caste Factor

Gandhan village of Jagatsinghapur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 29.57 % of total population in Gandhan village. The village Gandhan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gandhan village out of total population, 299 were engaged in work activities. 98.66 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.34 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 299 workers engaged in Main Work, 77 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 188 were Agricultural labourer.