Puruni Population - Gajapati, Orissa

Puruni is a medium size village located in Ramagiri Block of Gajapati district, Orissa with total 59 families residing. The Puruni village has population of 285 of which 139 are males while 146 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Puruni village population of children with age 0-6 is 57 which makes up 20.00 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Puruni village is 1050 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Puruni as per census is 1375, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Puruni village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Puruni village was 16.23 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Puruni Male literacy stands at 17.39 % while female literacy rate was 15.04 %.

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

Puruni Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	59	-	-
Population	285	139	146
Child (0-6)	57	24	33
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	285	139	146
Literacy	16.23 %	17.39 %	15.04 %
Total Workers	151	78	73
Main Worker	90	-	-
Marginal Worker	61	18	43

Caste Factor

In Puruni village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Puruni village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Puruni village of Gajapati.

Work Profile

In Puruni village out of total population, 151 were engaged in work activities. 59.60 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 40.40 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 151 workers engaged in Main Work, 7 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 82 were Agricultural labourer.