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Purunapani Population - Sambalpur, Orissa

Purunapani is a medium size village located in Kochinda Block of Sambalpur district, Orissa with total 392 families residing. The Purunapani village has population of 1259 of which 619 are males while 640 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purunapani village population of children with age 0-6 is 118 which makes up 9.37 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purunapani village is 1034 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Purunapani as per census is 1070, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Purunapani village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Purunapani village was 73.79 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Purunapani Male literacy stands at 83.45 % while female literacy rate was 64.42 %.

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

Purunapani Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 392 - -
Population 1,259 619 640
Child (0-6) 118 57 61
Schedule Caste 281 133 148
Schedule Tribe 471 238 233
Literacy 73.79 % 83.45 % 64.42 %
Total Workers 721 377 344
Main Worker 577 - -
Marginal Worker 144 20 124

Caste Factor

In Purunapani village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 37.41 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 22.32 % of total population in Purunapani village.

Work Profile

In Purunapani village out of total population, 721 were engaged in work activities. 80.03 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 19.97 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 721 workers engaged in Main Work, 149 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 264 were Agricultural labourer.