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Purawa Population - Barmer, Rajasthan

Purawa is a medium size village located in Gudha Malani Tehsil of Barmer district, Rajasthan with total 199 families residing. The Purawa village has population of 1039 of which 552 are males while 487 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purawa village population of children with age 0-6 is 208 which makes up 20.02 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purawa village is 882 which is lower than Rajasthan state average of 928. Child Sex Ratio for the Purawa as per census is 1144, higher than Rajasthan average of 888.

Purawa village has higher literacy rate compared to Rajasthan. In 2011, literacy rate of Purawa village was 67.99 % compared to 66.11 % of Rajasthan. In Purawa Male literacy stands at 81.54 % while female literacy rate was 51.60 %.

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

Purawa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 199 - -
Population 1,039 552 487
Child (0-6) 208 97 111
Schedule Caste 284 145 139
Schedule Tribe 127 69 58
Literacy 67.99 % 81.54 % 51.60 %
Total Workers 489 288 201
Main Worker 482 - -
Marginal Worker 7 2 5

Caste Factor

Purawa village of Barmer has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 27.33 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 12.22 % of total population in Purawa village.

Work Profile

In Purawa village out of total population, 489 were engaged in work activities. 98.57 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.43 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 489 workers engaged in Main Work, 479 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.