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Potanai Population - Jagatsinghapur, Orissa

Potanai is a medium size village located in Tirtol Block of Jagatsinghapur district, Orissa with total 384 families residing. The Potanai village has population of 1589 of which 810 are males while 779 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Potanai village population of children with age 0-6 is 163 which makes up 10.26 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Potanai village is 962 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Potanai as per census is 716, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Potanai village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Potanai village was 90.46 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Potanai Male literacy stands at 94.83 % while female literacy rate was 86.08 %.

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

Potanai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 384 - -
Population 1,589 810 779
Child (0-6) 163 95 68
Schedule Caste 102 50 52
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 90.46 % 94.83 % 86.08 %
Total Workers 465 434 31
Main Worker 381 - -
Marginal Worker 84 72 12

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 6.42 % of total population in Potanai village. The village Potanai currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Potanai village out of total population, 465 were engaged in work activities. 81.94 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 18.06 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 465 workers engaged in Main Work, 192 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 73 were Agricultural labourer.