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Gandigam Population - Ganjam, Orissa

Gandigam is a small village located in BADAGADA Block of Ganjam district, Orissa with total 37 families residing. The Gandigam village has population of 191 of which 92 are males while 99 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gandigam village population of children with age 0-6 is 49 which makes up 25.65 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gandigam village is 1076 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Gandigam as per census is 885, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Gandigam village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Gandigam village was 10.56 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Gandigam Male literacy stands at 16.67 % while female literacy rate was 5.26 %.

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

Gandigam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 37 - -
Population 191 92 99
Child (0-6) 49 26 23
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 90 45 45
Literacy 10.56 % 16.67 % 5.26 %
Total Workers 112 52 60
Main Worker 30 - -
Marginal Worker 82 23 59

Caste Factor

In Gandigam village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 47.12 % of total population in Gandigam village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Gandigam village of Ganjam.

Work Profile

In Gandigam village out of total population, 112 were engaged in work activities. 26.79 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 73.21 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 112 workers engaged in Main Work, 21 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 9 were Agricultural labourer.