Puri is a Municipality city in district of Puri, Orissa. The Puri city is divided into 32 wards for which elections are held every 5 years. The Puri Municipality has population of 200,564 of which 104,086 are males while 96,478 are females as per report released by Census India 2011.
Population of Children with age of 0-6 is 18471 which is 9.21 % of total population of Puri (M). In Puri Municipality, Female Sex Ratio is of 927 against state average of 979. Moreover Child Sex Ratio in Puri is around 922 compared to Orissa state average of 941. Literacy rate of Puri city is 88.03 % higher than state average of 72.87 %. In Puri, Male literacy is around 91.38 % while female literacy rate is 84.43 %.
Puri Municipality has total administration over 41,140 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage. It is also authorize to build roads within Municipality limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.
Puri 2023 - 2024 Population
Current estimated population of Puri Municipality in 2024 is approximately
283,000.
The schedule census of 2021 for Puri city is postponed due to covid. We believe new population census for Puri city will be conducted in 2024 and same will be updated once its done. The current data for Puri town are estimated only but all 2011 figures are accurate.
Puri Caste Factor
Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 7.79 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.51 % of total population in Puri (M).
Puri Work Profile
Out of total population, 71,788 were engaged in work or business activity. Of this 58,806 were males while 12,982 were females. In census survey, worker is defined as person who does business, job, service, and cultivator and labour activity.
Of total 71788 working population, 92.98 % were engaged in Main Work while 7.02 % of total workers were engaged in Marginal Work.