Poal Population - Sahibganj, Jharkhand

Poal is a medium size village located in Borio Block of Sahibganj district, Jharkhand with total 240 families residing. The Poal village has population of 1076 of which 555 are males while 521 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Poal village population of children with age 0-6 is 140 which makes up 13.01 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Poal village is 939 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Poal as per census is 1121, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Poal village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Poal village was 37.18 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Poal Male literacy stands at 43.97 % while female literacy rate was 29.75 %.

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

Poal Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	240	-	-
Population	1,076	555	521
Child (0-6)	140	66	74
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	953	491	462
Literacy	37.18 %	43.97 %	29.75 %
Total Workers	623	322	301
Main Worker	363	-	-
Marginal Worker	260	147	113

Caste Factor

In Poal village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 88.57 % of total population in Poal village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Poal village of Sahibganj.

Work Profile

In Poal village out of total population, 623 were engaged in work activities. 58.27 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 41.73 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 623 workers engaged in Main Work, 338 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 16 were Agricultural labourer.