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Kandigam Population - Ganjam, Orissa

Kandigam is a medium size village located in KHALIKOTE Block of Ganjam district, Orissa with total 286 families residing. The Kandigam village has population of 1237 of which 652 are males while 585 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kandigam village population of children with age 0-6 is 144 which makes up 11.64 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kandigam village is 897 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Kandigam as per census is 946, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Kandigam village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Kandigam village was 76.12 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Kandigam Male literacy stands at 85.29 % while female literacy rate was 65.83 %.

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

Kandigam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 286 - -
Population 1,237 652 585
Child (0-6) 144 74 70
Schedule Caste 326 175 151
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 76.12 % 85.29 % 65.83 %
Total Workers 526 335 191
Main Worker 95 - -
Marginal Worker 431 248 183

Caste Factor

Kandigam village of Ganjam has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 26.35 % of total population in Kandigam village. The village Kandigam currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kandigam village out of total population, 526 were engaged in work activities. 18.06 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 81.94 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 526 workers engaged in Main Work, 22 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.