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Khariguma Population - Gajapati, Orissa

Khariguma is a medium size village located in Mohana Block of Gajapati district, Orissa with total 140 families residing. The Khariguma village has population of 598 of which 265 are males while 333 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Khariguma village population of children with age 0-6 is 121 which makes up 20.23 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Khariguma village is 1257 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Khariguma as per census is 862, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Khariguma village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Khariguma village was 33.96 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Khariguma Male literacy stands at 49.50 % while female literacy rate was 22.74 %.

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

Khariguma Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 140 - -
Population 598 265 333
Child (0-6) 121 65 56
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 389 169 220
Literacy 33.96 % 49.50 % 22.74 %
Total Workers 377 163 214
Main Worker 336 - -
Marginal Worker 41 14 27

Caste Factor

In Khariguma village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 65.05 % of total population in Khariguma village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Khariguma village of Gajapati.

Work Profile

In Khariguma village out of total population, 377 were engaged in work activities. 89.12 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 10.88 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 377 workers engaged in Main Work, 69 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 252 were Agricultural labourer.