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Parakhand Population - Puri, Orissa

Parakhand is a small village located in Chandanpur Block of Puri district, Orissa with total 22 families residing. The Parakhand village has population of 109 of which 56 are males while 53 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Parakhand village population of children with age 0-6 is 10 which makes up 9.17 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Parakhand village is 946 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Parakhand as per census is 1500, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Parakhand village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Parakhand village was 68.69 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Parakhand Male literacy stands at 84.62 % while female literacy rate was 51.06 %.

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

Parakhand Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 22 - -
Population 109 56 53
Child (0-6) 10 4 6
Schedule Caste 59 28 31
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 68.69 % 84.62 % 51.06 %
Total Workers 39 31 8
Main Worker 29 - -
Marginal Worker 10 2 8

Caste Factor

In Parakhand village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 54.13 % of total population in Parakhand village. The village Parakhand currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Parakhand village out of total population, 39 were engaged in work activities. 74.36 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 25.64 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 39 workers engaged in Main Work, 5 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 17 were Agricultural labourer.