Desthali Population - Puri, Orissa

Desthali is a medium size village located in Gop Block of Puri district, Orissa with total 138 families residing. The Desthali village has population of 700 of which 345 are males while 355 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Desthali village population of children with age 0-6 is 76 which makes up 10.86 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Desthali village is 1029 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Desthali as per census is 767, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Desthali village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Desthali village was 79.01 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Desthali Male literacy stands at 86.75 % while female literacy rate was 71.74 %.

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

Desthali Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	138	-	-
Population	700	345	355
Child (0-6)	76	43	33
Schedule Caste	239	115	124
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	79.01 %	86.75 %	71.74 %
Total Workers	242	203	39
Main Worker	132	-	-
Marginal Worker	110	77	33

Caste Factor

Desthali village of Puri has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 34.14 % of total population in Desthali village. The village Desthali currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Desthali village out of total population, 242 were engaged in work activities. 54.55 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 45.45 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 242 workers engaged in Main Work, 78 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 15 were Agricultural labourer.