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Purantarai Population - Dantewada, Chhattisgarh

Purantarai is a medium size village located in Dantewada Tehsil of Dantewada district, Chhattisgarh with total 118 families residing. The Purantarai village has population of 449 of which 230 are males while 219 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purantarai village population of children with age 0-6 is 73 which makes up 16.26 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purantarai village is 952 which is lower than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Purantarai as per census is 622, lower than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Purantarai village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Purantarai village was 48.40 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Purantarai Male literacy stands at 67.57 % while female literacy rate was 29.84 %.

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

Purantarai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 118 - -
Population 449 230 219
Child (0-6) 73 45 28
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 431 220 211
Literacy 48.40 % 67.57 % 29.84 %
Total Workers 208 131 77
Main Worker 172 - -
Marginal Worker 36 12 24

Caste Factor

In Purantarai village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 95.99 % of total population in Purantarai village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Purantarai village of Dantewada.

Work Profile

In Purantarai village out of total population, 208 were engaged in work activities. 82.69 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 17.31 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 208 workers engaged in Main Work, 148 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.