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Purohit Wala Population - Dehradun, Uttarakhand

Purohit Wala is a medium size village located in Dehradun Tehsil of Dehradun district, Uttarakhand with total 109 families residing. The Purohit Wala village has population of 409 of which 173 are males while 236 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purohit Wala village population of children with age 0-6 is 37 which makes up 9.05 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purohit Wala village is 1364 which is higher than Uttarakhand state average of 963. Child Sex Ratio for the Purohit Wala as per census is 1176, higher than Uttarakhand average of 890.

Purohit Wala village has higher literacy rate compared to Uttarakhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Purohit Wala village was 95.97 % compared to 78.82 % of Uttarakhand. In Purohit Wala Male literacy stands at 98.72 % while female literacy rate was 93.98 %.

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

Purohit Wala Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 109 - -
Population 409 173 236
Child (0-6) 37 17 20
Schedule Caste 12 5 7
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 95.97 % 98.72 % 93.98 %
Total Workers 70 54 16
Main Worker 58 - -
Marginal Worker 12 8 4

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 2.93 % of total population in Purohit Wala village. The village Purohit Wala currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Purohit Wala village out of total population, 70 were engaged in work activities. 82.86 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 17.14 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 70 workers engaged in Main Work, 2 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.