Puri is one of 30 districts located in eastern Indian state Odisha. There are total 11 blocks which comes under Puri district, and there are total 1707 villages and 2 town areas which comes under this district.
As per Indian government records district code of Puri district is 387 and number of houses in this district is 315311.
As per Census 2011, total population of this district is 1444475. Out of total 1444475, male population count is 733687, where as female population count is 710788 in Puri.
According to the Indian Government population count of year 2011, this district has total 149090 children are in the age group of 0-6 years. In these 149090 children 77126 are boys and 71964 are girl child.
Literacy rate of Puri district is 75%. 1090562 out of total 1444475 population is literate in this district.
Going in details, Male literacy rate in this district is 81% and 596412 males are literate out of total 733687 male population, where as female literacy rate is 30% and 494150 out of total 710788 females are literate in this district.
Coming to dark side, illiteracy rate of Puri district is 24%. 353913 out of total 1444475 population is illiterate in this village. In details, Male illiteracy rate in this district is 18% and 137275 males are illiterate out of total 733687 male population, where as female illiteracy rate is 30% and 216638 out of total 710788 females are illiterate in this district.
Total working population of Puri district is 531747 and non-working population is 912728 and out of 531747 working population 145645 peoples are totally dependent on agriculture.
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