Potanga Population - Hazaribagh, Jharkhand

Potanga is a large village located in Barkagaon Block of Hazaribagh district, Jharkhand with total 546 families residing. The Potanga village has population of 2808 of which 1427 are males while 1381 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Potanga village population of children with age 0-6 is 551 which makes up 19.62 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Potanga village is 968 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Potanga as per census is 861, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Potanga village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Potanga village was 46.52 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Potanga Male literacy stands at 56.06 % while female literacy rate was 36.94 %.

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

Potanga Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	546	-	-
Population	2,808	1,427	1,381
Child (0-6)	551	296	255
Schedule Caste	148	74	74
Schedule Tribe	2,326	1,178	1,148
Literacy	46.52 %	56.06 %	36.94 %
Total Workers	1,057	661	396
Main Worker	667	-	-
Marginal Worker	390	217	173

Caste Factor

In Potanga village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 82.83 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 5.27 % of total population in Potanga village.

Work Profile

In Potanga village out of total population, 1057 were engaged in work activities. 63.10 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 36.90 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1057 workers engaged in Main Work, 134 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 78 were Agricultural labourer.