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Gourigan Population - Kandhamal, Orissa

Gourigan is a small village located in Kotagarh Block of Kandhamal district, Orissa with total 36 families residing. The Gourigan village has population of 172 of which 75 are males while 97 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gourigan village population of children with age 0-6 is 40 which makes up 23.26 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gourigan village is 1293 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Gourigan as per census is 1500, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Gourigan village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Gourigan village was 39.39 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Gourigan Male literacy stands at 54.24 % while female literacy rate was 27.40 %.

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

Gourigan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 36 - -
Population 172 75 97
Child (0-6) 40 16 24
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 172 75 97
Literacy 39.39 % 54.24 % 27.40 %
Total Workers 104 45 59
Main Worker 45 - -
Marginal Worker 59 3 56

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Gourigan village out of total population, 104 were engaged in work activities. 43.27 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 56.73 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 104 workers engaged in Main Work, 40 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.