Punanga Population - Jagatsinghapur, Orissa

Punanga is a large village located in Jagatsinghapur Block of Jagatsinghapur district, Orissa with total 537 families residing. The Punanga village has population of 2158 of which 1085 are males while 1073 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Punanga village population of children with age 0-6 is 228 which makes up 10.57 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Punanga village is 989 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Punanga as per census is 781, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Punanga village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Punanga village was 87.36 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Punanga Male literacy stands at 90.80 % while female literacy rate was 83.97 %.

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

Punanga Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	537	-	-
Population	2,158	1,085	1,073
Child (0-6)	228	128	100
Schedule Caste	904	435	469
Schedule Tribe	47	25	22
Literacy	87.36 %	90.80 %	83.97 %
Total Workers	789	591	198
Main Worker	570	-	-
Marginal Worker	219	115	104

Caste Factor

In Punanga village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 41.89 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 2.18 % of total population in Punanga village.

Work Profile

In Punanga village out of total population, 789 were engaged in work activities. 72.24 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 27.76 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 789 workers engaged in Main Work, 27 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 161 were Agricultural labourer.