District of Odisha

Puri: 17 lakh people, one story

People
16,98,730
Area
3,479 km²
Literacy
84.67%
Sex ratio
963
Lowest in OdishaScheduled Tribes: 0.4 % of people. Rank 30 of 30.See the numbers →Big number17 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 488 to every km².See the numbers →

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PuriOdisha

The history, places and schemes of Puri are being written. Everything below comes from Census 2011, so it is already exam-ready.

Puri in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population17 lakh#9/30 in Odisha
Area3,479 km²#21/30 in Odisha
Population density488 per km²#8/30 in Odisha▲ state 270
Sex ratio963 females per 1000 males#22/30 in Odisha▼ state 979
Child sex ratio (0–6)932 girls per 1000 boys#20/30 in Odisha▼ state 941
Literacy rate84.67%#5/30 in Odisha▲ state 72.87
Female literacy78.28%#5/30 in Odisha▲ state 64.01
Urban population15.6%#9/30 in Odisha▼ state 16.7

People & society

84.7% can read. 963 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
90.881.6
Female literacy
78.364.0
Scheduled Castes
19.117.1
Scheduled Tribes
0.422.8
Living in towns
15.616.7

Gender literacy gap: 12.6 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 96.8%
  • Muslim 2.7%
  • Christian 0.2%
  • Other / not stated 0.2%

    Sectors at a glance

    54 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    6.2 lakh workers, 36.6% of all people

    This district
    Odisha
    • Cultivators 27.8%
    • Farm labourers 26.4%
    • Household industry 4.0%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 41.8%

      Schemes & development

      Only 43% of homes had electricity in 2011. Here is what changed.

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      42.532.6
      Latrine at home
      18.616.7
      Tap water
      7.210.5
      LPG / PNG
      7.07.4
      Phone
      37.630.1
      Television
      24.920.2
      Bicycle
      51.546.2
      Two-wheeler
      12.011.0

      This is the 2011 baseline. Schemes like Saubhagya, Ujjwala, Swachh Bharat and Har Ghar Jal came to close exactly these gaps.

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