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Purunagan Population - Gajapati, Orissa

Purunagan is a small village located in Adva Block of Gajapati district, Orissa with total 24 families residing. The Purunagan village has population of 124 of which 56 are males while 68 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purunagan village population of children with age 0-6 is 15 which makes up 12.10 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purunagan village is 1214 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Purunagan as per census is 667, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Purunagan village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Purunagan village was 30.28 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Purunagan Male literacy stands at 51.06 % while female literacy rate was 14.52 %.

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

Purunagan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 24 - -
Population 124 56 68
Child (0-6) 15 9 6
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 124 56 68
Literacy 30.28 % 51.06 % 14.52 %
Total Workers 75 34 41
Main Worker 18 - -
Marginal Worker 57 16 41

Caste Factor

In Purunagan village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Purunagan village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Purunagan village of Gajapati.

Work Profile

In Purunagan village out of total population, 75 were engaged in work activities. 24.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 76.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 75 workers engaged in Main Work, 15 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.