Gunjigam Population - Kandhamal, Orissa

Gunjigam is a medium size village located in Nuagaon Block of Kandhamal district, Orissa with total 77 families residing. The Gunjigam village has population of 336 of which 152 are males while 184 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gunjigam village population of children with age 0-6 is 59 which makes up 17.56 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gunjigam village is 1211 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Gunjigam as per census is 1185, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Gunjigam village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Gunjigam village was 74.37 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Gunjigam Male literacy stands at 91.20 % while female literacy rate was 60.53 %.

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

Gunjigam Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	77	-	-
Population	336	152	184
Child (0-6)	59	27	32
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	311	137	174
Literacy	74.37 %	91.20 %	60.53 %
Total Workers	205	101	104
Main Worker	61	-	-
Marginal Worker	144	43	101

Caste Factor

In Gunjigam village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 92.56 % of total population in Gunjigam village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Gunjigam village of Kandhamal.

Work Profile

In Gunjigam village out of total population, 205 were engaged in work activities. 29.76 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 70.24 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 205 workers engaged in Main Work, 48 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.