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Kuruma Population - Puri, Orissa

Kuruma is a medium size village located in Konark Block of Puri district, Orissa with total 110 families residing. The Kuruma village has population of 465 of which 226 are males while 239 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kuruma village population of children with age 0-6 is 47 which makes up 10.11 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kuruma village is 1058 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Kuruma as per census is 741, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Kuruma village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Kuruma village was 81.58 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Kuruma Male literacy stands at 93.47 % while female literacy rate was 70.78 %.

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

Kuruma Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 110 - -
Population 465 226 239
Child (0-6) 47 27 20
Schedule Caste 74 34 40
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 81.58 % 93.47 % 70.78 %
Total Workers 150 136 14
Main Worker 116 - -
Marginal Worker 34 23 11

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 15.91 % of total population in Kuruma village. The village Kuruma currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kuruma village out of total population, 150 were engaged in work activities. 77.33 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 22.67 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 150 workers engaged in Main Work, 100 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.