Hichagandi Population - Gajapati, Orissa

Hichagandi is a medium size village located in Mohana Block of Gajapati district, Orissa with total 51 families residing. The Hichagandi village has population of 219 of which 105 are males while 114 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Hichagandi village population of children with age 0-6 is 32 which makes up 14.61 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Hichagandi village is 1086 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Hichagandi as per census is 778, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Hichagandi village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Hichagandi village was 37.43 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Hichagandi Male literacy stands at 50.57 % while female literacy rate was 26.00 %.

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

Hichagandi Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	51	-	-
Population	219	105	114
Child (0-6)	32	18	14
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	217	104	113
Literacy	37.43 %	50.57 %	26.00 %
Total Workers	139	66	73
Main Worker	62	-	-
Marginal Worker	77	11	66

Caste Factor

In Hichagandi village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.09 % of total population in Hichagandi village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Hichagandi village of Gajapati.

Work Profile

In Hichagandi village out of total population, 139 were engaged in work activities. 44.60 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 55.40 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 139 workers engaged in Main Work, 50 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 8 were Agricultural labourer.