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Purana Population - Cuttack, Orissa

Purana is a medium size village located in Salepur Block of Cuttack district, Orissa with total 298 families residing. The Purana village has population of 1241 of which 645 are males while 596 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purana village population of children with age 0-6 is 115 which makes up 9.27 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purana village is 924 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Purana as per census is 825, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Purana village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Purana village was 88.45 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Purana Male literacy stands at 95.70 % while female literacy rate was 80.70 %.

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 298 - -
Population 1,241 645 596
Child (0-6) 115 63 52
Schedule Caste 212 107 105
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 88.45 % 95.70 % 80.70 %
Total Workers 566 386 180
Main Worker 489 - -
Marginal Worker 77 23 54

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 17.08 % 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, 566 were engaged in work activities. 86.40 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 13.60 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 566 workers engaged in Main Work, 102 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 35 were Agricultural labourer.