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Purunia Population - Mayurbhanj, Orissa

Purunia is a medium size village located in Badampahar Block of Mayurbhanj district, Orissa with total 294 families residing. The Purunia village has population of 1339 of which 678 are males while 661 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purunia village population of children with age 0-6 is 173 which makes up 12.92 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purunia village is 975 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Purunia as per census is 989, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Purunia village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Purunia village was 63.72 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Purunia Male literacy stands at 72.59 % while female literacy rate was 54.61 %.

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

Purunia Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 294 - -
Population 1,339 678 661
Child (0-6) 173 87 86
Schedule Caste 173 88 85
Schedule Tribe 492 247 245
Literacy 63.72 % 72.59 % 54.61 %
Total Workers 703 412 291
Main Worker 127 - -
Marginal Worker 576 289 287

Caste Factor

In Purunia village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 36.74 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 12.92 % of total population in Purunia village.

Work Profile

In Purunia village out of total population, 703 were engaged in work activities. 18.07 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 81.93 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 703 workers engaged in Main Work, 51 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 47 were Agricultural labourer.