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Purkia Population - Anugul, Orissa

Purkia is a medium size village located in Banarpal Block of Anugul district, Orissa with total 323 families residing. The Purkia village has population of 1284 of which 674 are males while 610 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purkia village population of children with age 0-6 is 127 which makes up 9.89 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purkia village is 905 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Purkia as per census is 740, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Purkia village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Purkia village was 81.85 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Purkia Male literacy stands at 88.69 % while female literacy rate was 74.46 %.

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

Purkia Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 323 - -
Population 1,284 674 610
Child (0-6) 127 73 54
Schedule Caste 82 40 42
Schedule Tribe 9 5 4
Literacy 81.85 % 88.69 % 74.46 %
Total Workers 367 352 15
Main Worker 284 - -
Marginal Worker 83 78 5

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 6.39 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.70 % of total population in Purkia village.

Work Profile

In Purkia village out of total population, 367 were engaged in work activities. 77.38 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 22.62 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 367 workers engaged in Main Work, 40 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.