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Gurasahi Population - Gajapati, Orissa

Gurasahi is a medium size village located in Rayagada Block of Gajapati district, Orissa with total 71 families residing. The Gurasahi village has population of 330 of which 169 are males while 161 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gurasahi village population of children with age 0-6 is 56 which makes up 16.97 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gurasahi village is 953 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Gurasahi as per census is 697, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Gurasahi village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Gurasahi village was 16.06 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Gurasahi Male literacy stands at 20.59 % while female literacy rate was 11.59 %.

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

Gurasahi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 71 - -
Population 330 169 161
Child (0-6) 56 33 23
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 330 169 161
Literacy 16.06 % 20.59 % 11.59 %
Total Workers 188 86 102
Main Worker 119 - -
Marginal Worker 69 27 42

Caste Factor

In Gurasahi village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Gurasahi village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Gurasahi village of Gajapati.

Work Profile

In Gurasahi village out of total population, 188 were engaged in work activities. 63.30 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 36.70 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 188 workers engaged in Main Work, 39 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 47 were Agricultural labourer.