Skip to main content Skip to docs navigation

Bania Population - Puri, Orissa

Bania is a medium size village located in Kakatpur Block of Puri district, Orissa with total 160 families residing. The Bania village has population of 714 of which 377 are males while 337 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bania village population of children with age 0-6 is 64 which makes up 8.96 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bania village is 894 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Bania as per census is 641, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Bania village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Bania village was 72.77 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Bania Male literacy stands at 77.81 % while female literacy rate was 67.31 %.

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

Bania Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 160 - -
Population 714 377 337
Child (0-6) 64 39 25
Schedule Caste 129 67 62
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 72.77 % 77.81 % 67.31 %
Total Workers 430 259 171
Main Worker 211 - -
Marginal Worker 219 56 163

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 18.07 % of total population in Bania village. The village Bania currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Bania village out of total population, 430 were engaged in work activities. 49.07 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 50.93 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 430 workers engaged in Main Work, 90 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 68 were Agricultural labourer.