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Arihan Population - Puri, Orissa

Arihan is a medium size village located in Chandanpur Block of Puri district, Orissa with total 225 families residing. The Arihan village has population of 1047 of which 520 are males while 527 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Arihan village population of children with age 0-6 is 128 which makes up 12.23 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Arihan village is 1013 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Arihan as per census is 1098, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Arihan village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Arihan village was 89.45 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Arihan Male literacy stands at 96.08 % while female literacy rate was 82.83 %.

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

Arihan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 225 - -
Population 1,047 520 527
Child (0-6) 128 61 67
Schedule Caste 86 47 39
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 89.45 % 96.08 % 82.83 %
Total Workers 265 261 4
Main Worker 238 - -
Marginal Worker 27 27 0

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 8.21 % of total population in Arihan village. The village Arihan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Arihan village out of total population, 265 were engaged in work activities. 89.81 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 10.19 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 265 workers engaged in Main Work, 189 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 25 were Agricultural labourer.