Dagirigan Population - Kandhamal, Orissa

Dagirigan is a medium size village located in Tumudibandha Block of Kandhamal district, Orissa with total 63 families residing. The Dagirigan village has population of 294 of which 149 are males while 145 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dagirigan village population of children with age 0-6 is 36 which makes up 12.24 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dagirigan village is 973 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Dagirigan as per census is 1400, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Dagirigan village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Dagirigan village was 46.12 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Dagirigan Male literacy stands at 58.21 % while female literacy rate was 33.06 %.

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

Dagirigan Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	63	-	-
Population	294	149	145
Child (0-6)	36	15	21
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	265	131	134
Literacy	46.12 %	58.21 %	33.06 %
Total Workers	158	81	77
Main Worker	68	-	-
Marginal Worker	90	17	73

Caste Factor

In Dagirigan village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 90.14 % of total population in Dagirigan village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dagirigan village of Kandhamal.

Work Profile

In Dagirigan village out of total population, 158 were engaged in work activities. 43.04 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 56.96 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 158 workers engaged in Main Work, 59 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.