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Purkapali Population - Sundargarh, Orissa

Purkapali is a medium size village located in Kutra Block of Sundargarh district, Orissa with total 323 families residing. The Purkapali village has population of 1286 of which 646 are males while 640 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purkapali village population of children with age 0-6 is 147 which makes up 11.43 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purkapali village is 991 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Purkapali as per census is 885, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Purkapali village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Purkapali village was 69.18 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Purkapali Male literacy stands at 79.93 % while female literacy rate was 58.49 %.

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

Purkapali Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 323 - -
Population 1,286 646 640
Child (0-6) 147 78 69
Schedule Caste 139 73 66
Schedule Tribe 899 440 459
Literacy 69.18 % 79.93 % 58.49 %
Total Workers 672 385 287
Main Worker 306 - -
Marginal Worker 366 164 202

Caste Factor

In Purkapali village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 69.91 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 10.81 % of total population in Purkapali village.

Work Profile

In Purkapali village out of total population, 672 were engaged in work activities. 45.54 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 54.46 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 672 workers engaged in Main Work, 267 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 8 were Agricultural labourer.