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Pokharia Population - Mayurbhanj, Orissa

Pokharia is a medium size village located in Suliapada Block of Mayurbhanj district, Orissa with total 150 families residing. The Pokharia village has population of 666 of which 328 are males while 338 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pokharia village population of children with age 0-6 is 96 which makes up 14.41 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pokharia village is 1030 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Pokharia as per census is 1133, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Pokharia village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Pokharia village was 50.18 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Pokharia Male literacy stands at 65.02 % while female literacy rate was 35.54 %.

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

Pokharia Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 150 - -
Population 666 328 338
Child (0-6) 96 45 51
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 526 260 266
Literacy 50.18 % 65.02 % 35.54 %
Total Workers 398 204 194
Main Worker 65 - -
Marginal Worker 333 154 179

Caste Factor

In Pokharia village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 78.98 % of total population in Pokharia village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Pokharia village of Mayurbhanj.

Work Profile

In Pokharia village out of total population, 398 were engaged in work activities. 16.33 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 83.67 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 398 workers engaged in Main Work, 26 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 7 were Agricultural labourer.