Puhundi Population - Ganjam, Orissa

Puhundi is a medium size village located in JARADA Block of Ganjam district, Orissa with total 207 families residing. The Puhundi village has population of 1047 of which 548 are males while 499 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Puhundi village population of children with age 0-6 is 148 which makes up 14.14 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Puhundi village is 911 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Puhundi as per census is 850, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Puhundi village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Puhundi village was 71.08 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Puhundi Male literacy stands at 84.19 % while female literacy rate was 56.84 %.

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

Puhundi Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	207	-	-
Population	1,047	548	499
Child (0-6)	148	80	68
Schedule Caste	295	163	132
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	71.08 %	84.19 %	56.84 %
Total Workers	483	305	178
Main Worker	307	-	-
Marginal Worker	176	50	126

Caste Factor

Puhundi village of Ganjam has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 28.18 % of total population in Puhundi village. The village Puhundi currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Puhundi village out of total population, 483 were engaged in work activities. 63.56 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 36.44 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 483 workers engaged in Main Work, 38 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 122 were Agricultural labourer.