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Olhan Population - Puri, Orissa

Olhan is a medium size village located in Gadisagada Block of Puri district, Orissa with total 79 families residing. The Olhan village has population of 449 of which 225 are males while 224 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Olhan village population of children with age 0-6 is 37 which makes up 8.24 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Olhan village is 996 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Olhan as per census is 542, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Olhan village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Olhan village was 83.50 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Olhan Male literacy stands at 91.54 % while female literacy rate was 75.83 %.

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

Olhan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 79 - -
Population 449 225 224
Child (0-6) 37 24 13
Schedule Caste 126 62 64
Schedule Tribe 4 2 2
Literacy 83.50 % 91.54 % 75.83 %
Total Workers 136 118 18
Main Worker 131 - -
Marginal Worker 5 4 1

Caste Factor

Olhan village of Puri has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 28.06 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.89 % of total population in Olhan village.

Work Profile

In Olhan village out of total population, 136 were engaged in work activities. 96.32 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.68 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 136 workers engaged in Main Work, 21 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 70 were Agricultural labourer.