Gandakia Population - Kandhamal, Orissa

Gandakia is a medium size village located in Baliguda Block of Kandhamal district, Orissa with total 59 families residing. The Gandakia village has population of 214 of which 104 are males while 110 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gandakia village population of children with age 0-6 is 35 which makes up 16.36 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gandakia village is 1058 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Gandakia as per census is 750, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Gandakia village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Gandakia village was 43.02 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Gandakia Male literacy stands at 51.19 % while female literacy rate was 35.79 %.

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

Gandakia Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	59	-	-
Population	214	104	110
Child (0-6)	35	20	15
Schedule Caste	82	41	41
Schedule Tribe	132	63	69
Literacy	43.02 %	51.19 %	35.79 %
Total Workers	123	61	62
Main Worker	30	-	-
Marginal Worker	93	38	55

Caste Factor

In Gandakia village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 61.68 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 38.32 % of total population in Gandakia village.

Work Profile

In Gandakia village out of total population, 123 were engaged in work activities. 24.39 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 75.61 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 123 workers engaged in Main Work, 13 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 17 were Agricultural labourer.