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Belagan Population - Ganjam, Orissa

Belagan is a medium size village located in POLASARA Block of Ganjam district, Orissa with total 380 families residing. The Belagan village has population of 1856 of which 938 are males while 918 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Belagan village population of children with age 0-6 is 230 which makes up 12.39 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Belagan village is 979 which is equal than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Belagan as per census is 1233, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Belagan village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Belagan village was 69.50 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Belagan Male literacy stands at 82.16 % while female literacy rate was 56.13 %.

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

Belagan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 380 - -
Population 1,856 938 918
Child (0-6) 230 103 127
Schedule Caste 567 278 289
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 69.50 % 82.16 % 56.13 %
Total Workers 672 494 178
Main Worker 445 - -
Marginal Worker 227 138 89

Caste Factor

Belagan village of Ganjam has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 30.55 % of total population in Belagan village. The village Belagan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Belagan village out of total population, 672 were engaged in work activities. 66.22 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 33.78 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 672 workers engaged in Main Work, 34 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 117 were Agricultural labourer.