Purikhunta Population - Mayurbhanj, Orissa

Purikhunta is a medium size village located in Barsahi Block of Mayurbhanj district, Orissa with total 91 families residing. The Purikhunta village has population of 448 of which 220 are males while 228 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purikhunta village population of children with age 0-6 is 60 which makes up 13.39 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purikhunta village is 1036 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Purikhunta as per census is 1400, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Purikhunta village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Purikhunta village was 67.78 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Purikhunta Male literacy stands at 80.00 % while female literacy rate was 55.44 %.

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

Purikhunta Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	91	-	-
Population	448	220	228
Child (0-6)	60	25	35
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	275	130	145
Literacy	67.78 %	80.00 %	55.44 %
Total Workers	221	138	83
Main Worker	39	-	-
Marginal Worker	182	100	82

Caste Factor

In Purikhunta village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 61.38 % of total population in Purikhunta village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Purikhunta village of Mayurbhanj.

Work Profile

In Purikhunta village out of total population, 221 were engaged in work activities. 17.65 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 82.35 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 221 workers engaged in Main Work, 35 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.