Phuljhar Population - Sundargarh, Orissa

Phuljhar is a medium size village located in Bisra Block of Sundargarh district, Orissa with total 161 families residing. The Phuljhar village has population of 811 of which 404 are males while 407 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Phuljhar village population of children with age 0-6 is 104 which makes up 12.82 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Phuljhar village is 1007 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Phuljhar as per census is 825, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Phuljhar village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Phuljhar village was 67.47 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Phuljhar Male literacy stands at 78.67 % while female literacy rate was 56.67 %.

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

Phuljhar Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	161	-	-
Population	811	404	407
Child (0-6)	104	57	47
Schedule Caste	35	18	17
Schedule Tribe	342	165	177
Literacy	67.47 %	78.67 %	56.67 %
Total Workers	249	203	46
Main Worker	140	-	-
Marginal Worker	109	68	41

Caste Factor

In Phuljhar village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 42.17 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 4.32 % of total population in Phuljhar village.

Work Profile

In Phuljhar village out of total population, 249 were engaged in work activities. 56.22 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 43.78 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 249 workers engaged in Main Work, 53 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 9 were Agricultural labourer.