Puran Population - Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand

Puran is a medium size village located in Pithoragarh Tehsil of Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand with total 183 families residing. The Puran village has population of 742 of which 363 are males while 379 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Puran village population of children with age 0-6 is 107 which makes up 14.42 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Puran village is 1044 which is higher than Uttarakhand state average of 963. Child Sex Ratio for the Puran as per census is 597, lower than Uttarakhand average of 890.

Puran village has higher literacy rate compared to Uttarakhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Puran village was 86.14 % compared to 78.82 % of Uttarakhand. In Puran Male literacy stands at 97.30 % while female literacy rate was 76.40 %.

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

Puran Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	183	-	-
Population	742	363	379
Child (0-6)	107	67	40
Schedule Caste	367	185	182
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	86.14 %	97.30 %	76.40 %
Total Workers	369	159	210
Main Worker	328	-	-
Marginal Worker	41	31	10

Caste Factor

In Puran village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 49.46 % of total population in Puran village. The village Puran currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Puran village out of total population, 369 were engaged in work activities. 88.89 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 11.11 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 369 workers engaged in Main Work, 294 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.