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Mahal Population - Puri, Orissa

Mahal is a medium size village located in Nimapada Block of Puri district, Orissa with total 166 families residing. The Mahal village has population of 636 of which 322 are males while 314 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mahal village population of children with age 0-6 is 73 which makes up 11.48 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mahal village is 975 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Mahal as per census is 780, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Mahal village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Mahal village was 84.01 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Mahal Male literacy stands at 90.04 % while female literacy rate was 78.01 %.

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

Mahal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 166 - -
Population 636 322 314
Child (0-6) 73 41 32
Schedule Caste 37 16 21
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 84.01 % 90.04 % 78.01 %
Total Workers 191 184 7
Main Worker 150 - -
Marginal Worker 41 39 2

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 5.82 % of total population in Mahal village. The village Mahal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Mahal village out of total population, 191 were engaged in work activities. 78.53 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 21.47 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 191 workers engaged in Main Work, 134 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 10 were Agricultural labourer.