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Purunga Population - Raigarh, Chhattisgarh

Purunga is a medium size village located in Udaipur (Dharamjaigarh) Tehsil of Raigarh district, Chhattisgarh with total 335 families residing. The Purunga village has population of 1506 of which 738 are males while 768 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purunga village population of children with age 0-6 is 192 which makes up 12.75 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purunga village is 1041 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Purunga as per census is 1043, higher than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Purunga village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Purunga village was 69.63 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Purunga Male literacy stands at 81.21 % while female literacy rate was 58.51 %.

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

Purunga Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 335 - -
Population 1,506 738 768
Child (0-6) 192 94 98
Schedule Caste 22 12 10
Schedule Tribe 721 355 366
Literacy 69.63 % 81.21 % 58.51 %
Total Workers 707 410 297
Main Worker 614 - -
Marginal Worker 93 31 62

Caste Factor

In Purunga village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 47.88 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 1.46 % of total population in Purunga village.

Work Profile

In Purunga village out of total population, 707 were engaged in work activities. 86.85 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 13.15 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 707 workers engaged in Main Work, 279 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 289 were Agricultural labourer.