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Purunagada Population - Ganjam, Orissa

Purunagada is a medium size village located in PATAPUR Block of Ganjam district, Orissa with total 273 families residing. The Purunagada village has population of 1190 of which 514 are males while 676 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purunagada village population of children with age 0-6 is 138 which makes up 11.60 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purunagada village is 1315 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Purunagada as per census is 1226, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Purunagada village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Purunagada village was 56.65 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Purunagada Male literacy stands at 66.81 % while female literacy rate was 49.00 %.

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

Purunagada Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 273 - -
Population 1,190 514 676
Child (0-6) 138 62 76
Schedule Caste 466 207 259
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 56.65 % 66.81 % 49.00 %
Total Workers 568 325 243
Main Worker 349 - -
Marginal Worker 219 71 148

Caste Factor

In Purunagada village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 39.16 % of total population in Purunagada village. The village Purunagada currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Purunagada village out of total population, 568 were engaged in work activities. 61.44 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 38.56 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 568 workers engaged in Main Work, 205 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 37 were Agricultural labourer.