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Sahana Population - Puri, Orissa

Sahana is a medium size village located in Astaranga Block of Puri district, Orissa with total 251 families residing. The Sahana village has population of 1111 of which 575 are males while 536 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sahana village population of children with age 0-6 is 80 which makes up 7.20 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sahana village is 932 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Sahana as per census is 1000, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Sahana village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Sahana village was 82.15 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Sahana Male literacy stands at 89.35 % while female literacy rate was 74.40 %.

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

Sahana Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 251 - -
Population 1,111 575 536
Child (0-6) 80 40 40
Schedule Caste 334 172 162
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 82.15 % 89.35 % 74.40 %
Total Workers 631 353 278
Main Worker 165 - -
Marginal Worker 466 194 272

Caste Factor

Sahana village of Puri has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 30.06 % of total population in Sahana village. The village Sahana currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sahana village out of total population, 631 were engaged in work activities. 26.15 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 73.85 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 631 workers engaged in Main Work, 25 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 9 were Agricultural labourer.