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Puki Population - Koraput, Orissa

Puki is a medium size village located in Koraput Block of Koraput district, Orissa with total 361 families residing. The Puki village has population of 1287 of which 636 are males while 651 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Puki village population of children with age 0-6 is 205 which makes up 15.93 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Puki village is 1024 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Puki as per census is 916, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Puki village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Puki village was 29.85 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Puki Male literacy stands at 40.83 % while female literacy rate was 19.35 %.

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

Puki Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 361 - -
Population 1,287 636 651
Child (0-6) 205 107 98
Schedule Caste 602 296 306
Schedule Tribe 634 313 321
Literacy 29.85 % 40.83 % 19.35 %
Total Workers 716 352 364
Main Worker 163 - -
Marginal Worker 553 241 312

Caste Factor

In Puki village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 49.26 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 46.78 % of total population in Puki village.

Work Profile

In Puki village out of total population, 716 were engaged in work activities. 22.77 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 77.23 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 716 workers engaged in Main Work, 105 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 16 were Agricultural labourer.