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Pothiar Population - Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal

Pothiar is a small village located in Goalpokhar - II Block of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 19 families residing. The Pothiar village has population of 105 of which 60 are males while 45 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pothiar village population of children with age 0-6 is 23 which makes up 21.90 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pothiar village is 750 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Pothiar as per census is 1300, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Pothiar village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Pothiar village was 26.83 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Pothiar Male literacy stands at 28.00 % while female literacy rate was 25.00 %.

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

Pothiar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 19 - -
Population 105 60 45
Child (0-6) 23 10 13
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 26.83 % 28.00 % 25.00 %
Total Workers 39 25 14
Main Worker 21 - -
Marginal Worker 18 6 12

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Pothiar village out of total population, 39 were engaged in work activities. 53.85 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 46.15 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 39 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 19 were Agricultural labourer.