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Rishala Population - Puri, Orissa

Rishala is a medium size village located in Astaranga Block of Puri district, Orissa with total 76 families residing. The Rishala village has population of 330 of which 174 are males while 156 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Rishala village population of children with age 0-6 is 29 which makes up 8.79 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Rishala village is 897 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Rishala as per census is 706, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Rishala village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Rishala village was 84.39 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Rishala Male literacy stands at 89.81 % while female literacy rate was 78.47 %.

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

Rishala Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 76 - -
Population 330 174 156
Child (0-6) 29 17 12
Schedule Caste 44 26 18
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 84.39 % 89.81 % 78.47 %
Total Workers 99 95 4
Main Worker 87 - -
Marginal Worker 12 11 1

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 13.33 % of total population in Rishala village. The village Rishala currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Rishala village out of total population, 99 were engaged in work activities. 87.88 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 12.12 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 99 workers engaged in Main Work, 33 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 22 were Agricultural labourer.