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Kahal Population - Puri, Orissa

Kahal is a medium size village located in Kakatpur Block of Puri district, Orissa with total 285 families residing. The Kahal village has population of 1010 of which 520 are males while 490 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kahal village population of children with age 0-6 is 90 which makes up 8.91 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kahal village is 942 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Kahal as per census is 837, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Kahal village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Kahal village was 82.50 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Kahal Male literacy stands at 88.75 % while female literacy rate was 75.95 %.

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

Kahal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 285 - -
Population 1,010 520 490
Child (0-6) 90 49 41
Schedule Caste 233 112 121
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 82.50 % 88.75 % 75.95 %
Total Workers 329 254 75
Main Worker 221 - -
Marginal Worker 108 68 40

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 23.07 % of total population in Kahal village. The village Kahal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kahal village out of total population, 329 were engaged in work activities. 67.17 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 32.83 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 329 workers engaged in Main Work, 60 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 31 were Agricultural labourer.