Poraia Population - Giridih, Jharkhand

Poraia is a medium size village located in Dumri Block of Giridih district, Jharkhand with total 270 families residing. The Poraia village has population of 1376 of which 712 are males while 664 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Poraia village population of children with age 0-6 is 198 which makes up 14.39 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Poraia village is 933 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Poraia as per census is 1084, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Poraia village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Poraia village was 60.19 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Poraia Male literacy stands at 74.23 % while female literacy rate was 44.74 %.

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

Poraia Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	270	-	-
Population	1,376	712	664
Child (0-6)	198	95	103
Schedule Caste	516	272	244
Schedule Tribe	144	78	66
Literacy	60.19 %	74.23 %	44.74 %
Total Workers	503	386	117
Main Worker	125	-	-
Marginal Worker	378	268	110

Caste Factor

In Poraia village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 37.50 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 10.47 % of total population in Poraia village.

Work Profile

In Poraia village out of total population, 503 were engaged in work activities. 24.85 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 75.15 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 503 workers engaged in Main Work, 15 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.