Begunia Population - Puri, Orissa

Begunia is a large village located in Gop Block of Puri district, Orissa with total 558 families residing. The Begunia village has population of 2391 of which 1281 are males while 1110 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Begunia village population of children with age 0-6 is 233 which makes up 9.74 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Begunia village is 867 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Begunia as per census is 835, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Begunia village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Begunia village was 79.75 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Begunia Male literacy stands at 86.31 % while female literacy rate was 72.21 %.

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

Begunia Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	558	-	-
Population	2,391	1,281	1,110
Child (0-6)	233	127	106
Schedule Caste	1,029	563	466
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	79.75 %	86.31 %	72.21 %
Total Workers	1,181	802	379
Main Worker	540	-	-
Marginal Worker	641	308	333

Caste Factor

In Begunia village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 43.04 % of total population in Begunia village. The village Begunia currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Begunia village out of total population, 1181 were engaged in work activities. 45.72 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 54.28 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1181 workers engaged in Main Work, 149 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 62 were Agricultural labourer.