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Gothagam Population - Ganjam, Orissa

Gothagam is a medium size village located in JARADA Block of Ganjam district, Orissa with total 291 families residing. The Gothagam village has population of 1236 of which 593 are males while 643 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gothagam village population of children with age 0-6 is 128 which makes up 10.36 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gothagam village is 1084 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Gothagam as per census is 1169, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Gothagam village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Gothagam village was 58.21 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Gothagam Male literacy stands at 68.91 % while female literacy rate was 48.26 %.

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

Gothagam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 291 - -
Population 1,236 593 643
Child (0-6) 128 59 69
Schedule Caste 142 69 73
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 58.21 % 68.91 % 48.26 %
Total Workers 667 356 311
Main Worker 129 - -
Marginal Worker 538 247 291

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 11.49 % of total population in Gothagam village. The village Gothagam currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gothagam village out of total population, 667 were engaged in work activities. 19.34 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 80.66 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 667 workers engaged in Main Work, 83 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 20 were Agricultural labourer.