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Podda Population - Murshidabad, West Bengal

Podda is a medium size village located in Khargram Block of Murshidabad district, West Bengal with total 339 families residing. The Podda village has population of 1273 of which 637 are males while 636 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Podda village population of children with age 0-6 is 152 which makes up 11.94 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Podda village is 998 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Podda as per census is 949, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Podda village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Podda village was 69.49 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Podda Male literacy stands at 79.96 % while female literacy rate was 59.07 %.

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

Podda Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 339 - -
Population 1,273 637 636
Child (0-6) 152 78 74
Schedule Caste 444 214 230
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 69.49 % 79.96 % 59.07 %
Total Workers 412 390 22
Main Worker 322 - -
Marginal Worker 90 78 12

Caste Factor

Podda village of Murshidabad has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 34.88 % of total population in Podda village. The village Podda currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Podda village out of total population, 412 were engaged in work activities. 78.16 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 21.84 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 412 workers engaged in Main Work, 203 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 77 were Agricultural labourer.