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Purantarai Population - Dantewada, Chhattisgarh

Purantarai is a medium size village located in Gidam Tehsil of Dantewada district, Chhattisgarh with total 137 families residing. The Purantarai village has population of 609 of which 291 are males while 318 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purantarai village population of children with age 0-6 is 94 which makes up 15.44 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purantarai village is 1093 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Purantarai as per census is 1089, higher than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Purantarai village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Purantarai village was 34.37 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Purantarai Male literacy stands at 46.75 % while female literacy rate was 23.05 %.

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

Purantarai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 137 - -
Population 609 291 318
Child (0-6) 94 45 49
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 609 291 318
Literacy 34.37 % 46.75 % 23.05 %
Total Workers 378 169 209
Main Worker 18 - -
Marginal Worker 360 154 206

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Purantarai village out of total population, 378 were engaged in work activities. 4.76 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 95.24 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 378 workers engaged in Main Work, 11 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.