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Purana Population - Jagatsinghapur, Orissa

Purana is a medium size village located in Jagatsinghapur Block of Jagatsinghapur district, Orissa with total 111 families residing. The Purana village has population of 481 of which 236 are males while 245 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purana village population of children with age 0-6 is 45 which makes up 9.36 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purana village is 1038 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Purana as per census is 957, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Purana village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Purana village was 90.37 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Purana Male literacy stands at 97.65 % while female literacy rate was 83.41 %.

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

Purana Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 111 - -
Population 481 236 245
Child (0-6) 45 23 22
Schedule Caste 71 37 34
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 90.37 % 97.65 % 83.41 %
Total Workers 142 122 20
Main Worker 134 - -
Marginal Worker 8 2 6

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 14.76 % of total population in Purana village. The village Purana currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Purana village out of total population, 142 were engaged in work activities. 94.37 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.63 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 142 workers engaged in Main Work, 50 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 20 were Agricultural labourer.