Porsam Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Porsam is a medium size village located in Panki Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 105 families residing. The Porsam village has population of 569 of which 284 are males while 285 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Porsam village population of children with age 0-6 is 133 which makes up 23.37 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Porsam village is 1004 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Porsam as per census is 1145, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Porsam village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Porsam village was 52.06 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Porsam Male literacy stands at 62.61 % while female literacy rate was 41.12 %.

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

Porsam Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	105	-	-
Population	569	284	285
Child (0-6)	133	62	71
Schedule Caste	307	146	161
Schedule Tribe	209	109	100
Literacy	52.06 %	62.61 %	41.12 %
Total Workers	286	151	135
Main Worker	273	-	-
Marginal Worker	13	6	7

Caste Factor

In Porsam village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 53.95 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 36.73 % of total population in Porsam village.

Work Profile

In Porsam village out of total population, 286 were engaged in work activities. 95.45 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.55 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 286 workers engaged in Main Work, 16 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 253 were Agricultural labourer.