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Purohitapur Population - Puri, Orissa

Purohitapur is a medium size village located in Pipili Block of Puri district, Orissa with total 127 families residing. The Purohitapur village has population of 566 of which 276 are males while 290 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purohitapur village population of children with age 0-6 is 65 which makes up 11.48 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purohitapur village is 1051 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Purohitapur as per census is 970, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Purohitapur village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Purohitapur village was 84.43 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Purohitapur Male literacy stands at 90.53 % while female literacy rate was 78.68 %.

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

Purohitapur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 127 - -
Population 566 276 290
Child (0-6) 65 33 32
Schedule Caste 253 124 129
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 84.43 % 90.53 % 78.68 %
Total Workers 232 166 66
Main Worker 65 - -
Marginal Worker 167 106 61

Caste Factor

In Purohitapur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 44.70 % of total population in Purohitapur village. The village Purohitapur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Purohitapur village out of total population, 232 were engaged in work activities. 28.02 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 71.98 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 232 workers engaged in Main Work, 14 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 17 were Agricultural labourer.