Purana Population - Jagatsinghapur, Orissa

Purana is a large village located in Biridi Block of Jagatsinghapur district, Orissa with total 536 families residing. The Purana village has population of 2146 of which 1106 are males while 1040 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purana village population of children with age 0-6 is 211 which makes up 9.83 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purana village is 940 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Purana as per census is 1049, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Purana village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Purana village was 84.55 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Purana Male literacy stands at 91.23 % while female literacy rate was 77.36 %.

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

Purana Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	536	-	-
Population	2,146	1,106	1,040
Child (0-6)	211	103	108
Schedule Caste	976	504	472
Schedule Tribe	10	6	4
Literacy	84.55 %	91.23 %	77.36 %
Total Workers	883	643	240
Main Worker	487	-	-
Marginal Worker	396	219	177

Caste Factor

In Purana village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 45.48 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.47 % of total population in Purana village.

Work Profile

In Purana village out of total population, 883 were engaged in work activities. 55.15 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 44.85 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 883 workers engaged in Main Work, 121 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 151 were Agricultural labourer.