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Posal Population - Jagatsinghapur, Orissa

Posal is a medium size village located in Tirtol Block of Jagatsinghapur district, Orissa with total 286 families residing. The Posal village has population of 1461 of which 753 are males while 708 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Posal village population of children with age 0-6 is 139 which makes up 9.51 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Posal village is 940 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Posal as per census is 931, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Posal village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Posal village was 89.64 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Posal Male literacy stands at 93.83 % while female literacy rate was 85.18 %.

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

Posal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 286 - -
Population 1,461 753 708
Child (0-6) 139 72 67
Schedule Caste 260 131 129
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 89.64 % 93.83 % 85.18 %
Total Workers 425 401 24
Main Worker 352 - -
Marginal Worker 73 70 3

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 17.80 % of total population in Posal village. The village Posal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Posal village out of total population, 425 were engaged in work activities. 82.82 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 17.18 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 425 workers engaged in Main Work, 94 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 149 were Agricultural labourer.