Pohshar Population - Simdega, Jharkhand

Pohshar is a medium size village located in Bano Block of Simdega district, Jharkhand with total 128 families residing. The Pohshar village has population of 590 of which 282 are males while 308 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pohshar village population of children with age 0-6 is 102 which makes up 17.29 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pohshar village is 1092 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Pohshar as per census is 1372, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Pohshar village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Pohshar village was 61.27 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Pohshar Male literacy stands at 77.82 % while female literacy rate was 45.38 %.

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

Pohshar Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	128	-	-
Population	590	282	308
Child (0-6)	102	43	59
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	301	135	166
Literacy	61.27 %	77.82 %	45.38 %
Total Workers	375	185	190
Main Worker	124	-	-
Marginal Worker	251	107	144

Caste Factor

In Pohshar village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 51.02 % of total population in Pohshar village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Pohshar village of Simdega.

Work Profile

In Pohshar village out of total population, 375 were engaged in work activities. 33.07 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 66.93 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 375 workers engaged in Main Work, 120 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.