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Purunapani Population - Mayurbhanj, Orissa

Purunapani is a medium size village located in Barsahi Block of Mayurbhanj district, Orissa with total 68 families residing. The Purunapani village has population of 327 of which 169 are males while 158 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purunapani village population of children with age 0-6 is 45 which makes up 13.76 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purunapani village is 935 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Purunapani as per census is 1368, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Purunapani village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Purunapani village was 68.44 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Purunapani Male literacy stands at 77.33 % while female literacy rate was 58.33 %.

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

Purunapani Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 68 - -
Population 327 169 158
Child (0-6) 45 19 26
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 325 167 158
Literacy 68.44 % 77.33 % 58.33 %
Total Workers 122 70 52
Main Worker 50 - -
Marginal Worker 72 34 38

Caste Factor

In Purunapani village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.39 % of total population in Purunapani village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Purunapani village of Mayurbhanj.

Work Profile

In Purunapani village out of total population, 122 were engaged in work activities. 40.98 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 59.02 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 122 workers engaged in Main Work, 11 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 6 were Agricultural labourer.