Guma Population - Kandhamal, Orissa

Guma is a medium size village located in Belaghar Block of Kandhamal district, Orissa with total 203 families residing. The Guma village has population of 1181 of which 595 are males while 586 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Guma village population of children with age 0-6 is 173 which makes up 14.65 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Guma village is 985 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Guma as per census is 1084, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Guma village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Guma village was 70.44 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Guma Male literacy stands at 82.62 % while female literacy rate was 57.86 %.

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

Guma Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	203	-	-
Population	1,181	595	586
Child (0-6)	173	83	90
Schedule Caste	590	283	307
Schedule Tribe	375	217	158
Literacy	70.44 %	82.62 %	57.86 %
Total Workers	368	175	193
Main Worker	131	-	-
Marginal Worker	237	74	163

Caste Factor

In Guma village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 49.96 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 31.75 % of total population in Guma village.

Work Profile

In Guma village out of total population, 368 were engaged in work activities. 35.60 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 64.40 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 368 workers engaged in Main Work, 21 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 41 were Agricultural labourer.