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Puri Population - Kanker, Chhattisgarh

Puri is a medium size village located in Charama Tehsil of Kanker district, Chhattisgarh with total 277 families residing. The Puri village has population of 1235 of which 608 are males while 627 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Puri village population of children with age 0-6 is 142 which makes up 11.50 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Puri village is 1031 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Puri as per census is 1119, higher than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Puri village has higher literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Puri village was 86.46 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Puri Male literacy stands at 93.90 % while female literacy rate was 79.17 %.

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

Puri Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 277 - -
Population 1,235 608 627
Child (0-6) 142 67 75
Schedule Caste 36 21 15
Schedule Tribe 526 260 266
Literacy 86.46 % 93.90 % 79.17 %
Total Workers 817 427 390
Main Worker 596 - -
Marginal Worker 221 81 140

Caste Factor

In Puri village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 42.59 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 2.91 % of total population in Puri village.

Work Profile

In Puri village out of total population, 817 were engaged in work activities. 72.95 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 27.05 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 817 workers engaged in Main Work, 94 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 366 were Agricultural labourer.