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Puragaon Population - Kalahandi, Orissa

Puragaon is a medium size village located in Junagarh Block of Kalahandi district, Orissa with total 204 families residing. The Puragaon village has population of 916 of which 466 are males while 450 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Puragaon village population of children with age 0-6 is 109 which makes up 11.90 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Puragaon village is 966 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Puragaon as per census is 758, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Puragaon village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Puragaon village was 71.62 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Puragaon Male literacy stands at 82.43 % while female literacy rate was 60.79 %.

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

Puragaon Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 204 - -
Population 916 466 450
Child (0-6) 109 62 47
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 71.62 % 82.43 % 60.79 %
Total Workers 482 279 203
Main Worker 254 - -
Marginal Worker 228 57 171

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Puragaon village of Kalahandi district.

Work Profile

In Puragaon village out of total population, 482 were engaged in work activities. 52.70 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 47.30 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 482 workers engaged in Main Work, 124 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 79 were Agricultural labourer.