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Purana Population - Jagatsinghapur, Orissa

Purana is a medium size village located in Balikuda Block of Jagatsinghapur district, Orissa with total 93 families residing. The Purana village has population of 385 of which 196 are males while 189 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purana village population of children with age 0-6 is 32 which makes up 8.31 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purana village is 964 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Purana as per census is 2200, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Purana village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Purana village was 88.67 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Purana Male literacy stands at 94.09 % while female literacy rate was 82.63 %.

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

Purana Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 93 - -
Population 385 196 189
Child (0-6) 32 10 22
Schedule Caste 97 46 51
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 88.67 % 94.09 % 82.63 %
Total Workers 149 124 25
Main Worker 91 - -
Marginal Worker 58 38 20

Caste Factor

Purana village of Jagatsinghapur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 25.19 % of total population in Purana village. The village Purana currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Purana village out of total population, 149 were engaged in work activities. 61.07 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 38.93 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 149 workers engaged in Main Work, 34 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 9 were Agricultural labourer.