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Pogu Forest Population - Darjiling, West Bengal

Pogu Forest is a medium size village located in Gorubathan Block of Darjiling district, West Bengal with total 48 families residing. The Pogu Forest village has population of 299 of which 144 are males while 155 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pogu Forest village population of children with age 0-6 is 50 which makes up 16.72 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pogu Forest village is 1076 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Pogu Forest as per census is 1381, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Pogu Forest village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Pogu Forest village was 56.22 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Pogu Forest Male literacy stands at 62.60 % while female literacy rate was 50.00 %.

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

Pogu Forest Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 48 - -
Population 299 144 155
Child (0-6) 50 21 29
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 162 79 83
Literacy 56.22 % 62.60 % 50.00 %
Total Workers 161 78 83
Main Worker 11 - -
Marginal Worker 150 71 79

Caste Factor

In Pogu Forest village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 54.18 % of total population in Pogu Forest village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Pogu Forest village of Darjiling.

Work Profile

In Pogu Forest village out of total population, 161 were engaged in work activities. 6.83 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 93.17 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 161 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.