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Potak Population - Jagatsinghapur, Orissa

Potak is a medium size village located in Ersama Block of Jagatsinghapur district, Orissa with total 81 families residing. The Potak village has population of 356 of which 193 are males while 163 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Potak village population of children with age 0-6 is 30 which makes up 8.43 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Potak village is 845 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Potak as per census is 500, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Potak village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Potak village was 87.73 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Potak Male literacy stands at 93.06 % while female literacy rate was 81.70 %.

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

Potak Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 81 - -
Population 356 193 163
Child (0-6) 30 20 10
Schedule Caste 43 21 22
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 87.73 % 93.06 % 81.70 %
Total Workers 128 119 9
Main Worker 113 - -
Marginal Worker 15 12 3

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 12.08 % of total population in Potak village. The village Potak currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Potak village out of total population, 128 were engaged in work activities. 88.28 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 11.72 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 128 workers engaged in Main Work, 101 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 8 were Agricultural labourer.