Pokto Population - West Siang, Arunachal Pradesh

Pokto is a small village located in Liromoba Circle of West Siang district, Arunachal Pradesh with total 23 families residing. The Pokto village has population of 160 of which 78 are males while 82 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pokto village population of children with age 0-6 is 29 which makes up 18.13 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pokto village is 1051 which is higher than Arunachal Pradesh state average of 938. Child Sex Ratio for the Pokto as per census is 813, lower than Arunachal Pradesh average of 972.

Pokto village has higher literacy rate compared to Arunachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Pokto village was 69.47 % compared to 65.38 % of Arunachal Pradesh. In Pokto Male literacy stands at 69.35 % while female literacy rate was 69.57 %.

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

Pokto Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	23	-	-
Population	160	78	82
Child (0-6)	29	16	13
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	155	75	80
Literacy	69.47 %	69.35 %	69.57 %
Total Workers	104	55	49
Main Worker	72	-	-
Marginal Worker	32	17	15

Caste Factor

In Pokto village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 96.88 % of total population in Pokto village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Pokto village of West Siang.

Work Profile

In Pokto village out of total population, 104 were engaged in work activities. 69.23 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 30.77 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 104 workers engaged in Main Work, 60 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.