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Puriasahi Population - Gajapati, Orissa

Puriasahi is a medium size village located in Ramagiri Block of Gajapati district, Orissa with total 60 families residing. The Puriasahi village has population of 307 of which 145 are males while 162 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Puriasahi village population of children with age 0-6 is 61 which makes up 19.87 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Puriasahi village is 1117 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Puriasahi as per census is 1179, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Puriasahi village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Puriasahi village was 43.50 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Puriasahi Male literacy stands at 56.41 % while female literacy rate was 31.78 %.

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

Puriasahi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 60 - -
Population 307 145 162
Child (0-6) 61 28 33
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 301 139 162
Literacy 43.50 % 56.41 % 31.78 %
Total Workers 149 78 71
Main Worker 65 - -
Marginal Worker 84 19 65

Caste Factor

In Puriasahi village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.05 % of total population in Puriasahi village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Puriasahi village of Gajapati.

Work Profile

In Puriasahi village out of total population, 149 were engaged in work activities. 43.62 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 56.38 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 149 workers engaged in Main Work, 54 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.