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Somanathapur Population - Puri, Orissa

Somanathapur is a medium size village located in Kakatpur Block of Puri district, Orissa with total 310 families residing. The Somanathapur village has population of 1271 of which 645 are males while 626 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Somanathapur village population of children with age 0-6 is 132 which makes up 10.39 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Somanathapur village is 971 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Somanathapur as per census is 970, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Somanathapur village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Somanathapur village was 82.97 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Somanathapur Male literacy stands at 92.04 % while female literacy rate was 73.62 %.

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

Somanathapur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 310 - -
Population 1,271 645 626
Child (0-6) 132 67 65
Schedule Caste 771 383 388
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 82.97 % 92.04 % 73.62 %
Total Workers 438 361 77
Main Worker 357 - -
Marginal Worker 81 29 52

Caste Factor

In Somanathapur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 60.66 % of total population in Somanathapur village. The village Somanathapur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Somanathapur village out of total population, 438 were engaged in work activities. 81.51 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 18.49 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 438 workers engaged in Main Work, 47 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 216 were Agricultural labourer.