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Puri Population - Raigarh, Chhattisgarh

Puri is a medium size village located in Gharghoda Tehsil of Raigarh district, Chhattisgarh with total 293 families residing. The Puri village has population of 1211 of which 602 are males while 609 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Puri village population of children with age 0-6 is 197 which makes up 16.27 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Puri village is 1012 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Puri as per census is 931, lower than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Puri village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Puri village was 47.14 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Puri Male literacy stands at 59.00 % while female literacy rate was 35.60 %.

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

Puri Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 293 - -
Population 1,211 602 609
Child (0-6) 197 102 95
Schedule Caste 8 4 4
Schedule Tribe 1,015 506 509
Literacy 47.14 % 59.00 % 35.60 %
Total Workers 724 371 353
Main Worker 402 - -
Marginal Worker 322 77 245

Caste Factor

In Puri village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 83.82 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.66 % of total population in Puri village.

Work Profile

In Puri village out of total population, 724 were engaged in work activities. 55.52 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 44.48 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 724 workers engaged in Main Work, 151 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 216 were Agricultural labourer.