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Purunapani Population - Kalahandi, Orissa

Purunapani is a medium size village located in Kegaon Block of Kalahandi district, Orissa with total 61 families residing. The Purunapani village has population of 232 of which 109 are males while 123 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purunapani village population of children with age 0-6 is 39 which makes up 16.81 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purunapani village is 1128 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Purunapani as per census is 1167, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Purunapani village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Purunapani village was 48.19 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Purunapani Male literacy stands at 75.82 % while female literacy rate was 23.53 %.

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

Purunapani Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 61 - -
Population 232 109 123
Child (0-6) 39 18 21
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 203 94 109
Literacy 48.19 % 75.82 % 23.53 %
Total Workers 78 67 11
Main Worker 76 - -
Marginal Worker 2 1 1

Caste Factor

In Purunapani village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 87.50 % of total population in Purunapani village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Purunapani village of Kalahandi.

Work Profile

In Purunapani village out of total population, 78 were engaged in work activities. 97.44 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.56 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 78 workers engaged in Main Work, 73 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.