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Puanian Population - Nayagarh, Orissa

Puanian is a medium size village located in Sarankul Block of Nayagarh district, Orissa with total 163 families residing. The Puanian village has population of 720 of which 359 are males while 361 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Puanian village population of children with age 0-6 is 80 which makes up 11.11 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Puanian village is 1006 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Puanian as per census is 1222, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Puanian village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Puanian village was 69.53 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Puanian Male literacy stands at 79.57 % while female literacy rate was 59.31 %.

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

Puanian Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 163 - -
Population 720 359 361
Child (0-6) 80 36 44
Schedule Caste 46 24 22
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 69.53 % 79.57 % 59.31 %
Total Workers 327 251 76
Main Worker 274 - -
Marginal Worker 53 10 43

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 6.39 % of total population in Puanian village. The village Puanian currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Puanian village out of total population, 327 were engaged in work activities. 83.79 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 16.21 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 327 workers engaged in Main Work, 21 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 155 were Agricultural labourer.