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Gounju Population - Ganjam, Orissa

Gounju is a large village located in GOPALPUR Block of Ganjam district, Orissa with total 620 families residing. The Gounju village has population of 2958 of which 1534 are males while 1424 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gounju village population of children with age 0-6 is 351 which makes up 11.87 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gounju village is 928 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Gounju as per census is 877, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Gounju village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Gounju village was 57.65 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Gounju Male literacy stands at 71.42 % while female literacy rate was 42.94 %.

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

Gounju Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 620 - -
Population 2,958 1,534 1,424
Child (0-6) 351 187 164
Schedule Caste 1,092 567 525
Schedule Tribe 1 1 0
Literacy 57.65 % 71.42 % 42.94 %
Total Workers 1,358 872 486
Main Worker 990 - -
Marginal Worker 368 120 248

Caste Factor

In Gounju village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 36.92 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.03 % of total population in Gounju village.

Work Profile

In Gounju village out of total population, 1358 were engaged in work activities. 72.90 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 27.10 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1358 workers engaged in Main Work, 124 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 252 were Agricultural labourer.