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Porakana Population - Puri, Orissa

Porakana is a medium size village located in Nimapada Block of Puri district, Orissa with total 155 families residing. The Porakana village has population of 632 of which 327 are males while 305 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Porakana village population of children with age 0-6 is 53 which makes up 8.39 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Porakana village is 933 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Porakana as per census is 1038, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Porakana village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Porakana village was 89.64 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Porakana Male literacy stands at 97.01 % while female literacy rate was 81.65 %.

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

Porakana Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 155 - -
Population 632 327 305
Child (0-6) 53 26 27
Schedule Caste 129 66 63
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 89.64 % 97.01 % 81.65 %
Total Workers 188 180 8
Main Worker 158 - -
Marginal Worker 30 24 6

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 20.41 % of total population in Porakana village. The village Porakana currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Porakana village out of total population, 188 were engaged in work activities. 84.04 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 15.96 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 188 workers engaged in Main Work, 149 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.