Pukesh Population - Rayagada, Orissa

Pukesh is a medium size village located in Doraguda Block of Rayagada district, Orissa with total 55 families residing. The Pukesh village has population of 217 of which 100 are males while 117 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pukesh village population of children with age 0-6 is 48 which makes up 22.12 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pukesh village is 1170 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Pukesh as per census is 1286, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Pukesh village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Pukesh village was 22.49 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Pukesh Male literacy stands at 34.18 % while female literacy rate was 12.22 %.

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

Pukesh Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	55	-	-
Population	217	100	117
Child (0-6)	48	21	27
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	195	88	107
Literacy	22.49 %	34.18 %	12.22 %
Total Workers	139	68	71
Main Worker	63	-	-
Marginal Worker	76	5	71

Caste Factor

In Pukesh village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 89.86 % of total population in Pukesh village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Pukesh village of Rayagada.

Work Profile

In Pukesh village out of total population, 139 were engaged in work activities. 45.32 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 54.68 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 139 workers engaged in Main Work, 63 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.