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Puruwala Population - Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh

Puruwala is a medium size village located in Paonta Sahib Tehsil of Sirmaur district, Himachal Pradesh with total 240 families residing. The Puruwala village has population of 1244 of which 667 are males while 577 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Puruwala village population of children with age 0-6 is 166 which makes up 13.34 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Puruwala village is 865 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Puruwala as per census is 824, lower than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Puruwala village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Puruwala village was 67.07 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Puruwala Male literacy stands at 77.43 % while female literacy rate was 55.18 %.

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

Puruwala Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 240 - -
Population 1,244 667 577
Child (0-6) 166 91 75
Schedule Caste 169 90 79
Schedule Tribe 13 9 4
Literacy 67.07 % 77.43 % 55.18 %
Total Workers 484 363 121
Main Worker 230 - -
Marginal Worker 254 159 95

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 13.59 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.05 % of total population in Puruwala village.

Work Profile

In Puruwala village out of total population, 484 were engaged in work activities. 47.52 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 52.48 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 484 workers engaged in Main Work, 49 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.