Pota Population - Hoshiarpur, Punjab

Pota is a medium size village located in Mukerian Tehsil of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab with total 144 families residing. The Pota village has population of 659 of which 323 are males while 336 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pota village population of children with age 0-6 is 59 which makes up 8.95 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pota village is 1040 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Pota as per census is 967, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Pota village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Pota village was 91.33 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Pota Male literacy stands at 91.13 % while female literacy rate was 91.53 %.

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

Pota Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	144	-	-
Population	659	323	336
Child (0-6)	59	30	29
Schedule Caste	277	128	149
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	91.33 %	91.13 %	91.53 %
Total Workers	194	158	36
Main Worker	97	-	-
Marginal Worker	97	74	23

Caste Factor

In Pota village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 42.03 % of total population in Pota village. The village Pota currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Pota village out of total population, 194 were engaged in work activities. 50.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 50.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 194 workers engaged in Main Work, 45 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 7 were Agricultural labourer.