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Saagan Population - Gajapati, Orissa

Saagan is a medium size village located in Rayagada Block of Gajapati district, Orissa with total 131 families residing. The Saagan village has population of 527 of which 255 are males while 272 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Saagan village population of children with age 0-6 is 80 which makes up 15.18 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Saagan village is 1067 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Saagan as per census is 905, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Saagan village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Saagan village was 31.32 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Saagan Male literacy stands at 45.07 % while female literacy rate was 18.80 %.

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

Saagan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 131 - -
Population 527 255 272
Child (0-6) 80 42 38
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 523 254 269
Literacy 31.32 % 45.07 % 18.80 %
Total Workers 349 163 186
Main Worker 19 - -
Marginal Worker 330 147 183

Caste Factor

In Saagan village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.24 % of total population in Saagan village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Saagan village of Gajapati.

Work Profile

In Saagan village out of total population, 349 were engaged in work activities. 5.44 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 94.56 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 349 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.