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Pothia Population - Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal

Pothia is a large village located in Islampur Block of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 579 families residing. The Pothia village has population of 3108 of which 1571 are males while 1537 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pothia village population of children with age 0-6 is 718 which makes up 23.10 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pothia village is 978 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Pothia as per census is 855, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Pothia village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Pothia village was 42.55 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Pothia Male literacy stands at 48.14 % while female literacy rate was 37.06 %.

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

Pothia Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 579 - -
Population 3,108 1,571 1,537
Child (0-6) 718 387 331
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 42.55 % 48.14 % 37.06 %
Total Workers 994 698 296
Main Worker 682 - -
Marginal Worker 312 68 244

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Pothia village of Uttar Dinajpur district.

Work Profile

In Pothia village out of total population, 994 were engaged in work activities. 68.61 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 31.39 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 994 workers engaged in Main Work, 310 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 207 were Agricultural labourer.