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Purastampur Population - Dhenkanal, Orissa

Purastampur is a medium size village located in Bhuban Block of Dhenkanal district, Orissa with total 265 families residing. The Purastampur village has population of 1216 of which 610 are males while 606 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purastampur village population of children with age 0-6 is 131 which makes up 10.77 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purastampur village is 993 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Purastampur as per census is 1047, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Purastampur village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Purastampur village was 78.89 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Purastampur Male literacy stands at 83.52 % while female literacy rate was 74.21 %.

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

Purastampur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 265 - -
Population 1,216 610 606
Child (0-6) 131 64 67
Schedule Caste 163 82 81
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 78.89 % 83.52 % 74.21 %
Total Workers 386 357 29
Main Worker 177 - -
Marginal Worker 209 189 20

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 13.40 % of total population in Purastampur village. The village Purastampur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Purastampur village out of total population, 386 were engaged in work activities. 45.85 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 54.15 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 386 workers engaged in Main Work, 53 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.