Pokunda Population - Anugul, Orissa

Pokunda is a medium size village located in Purunakot Block of Anugul district, Orissa with total 74 families residing. The Pokunda village has population of 368 of which 192 are males while 176 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pokunda village population of children with age 0-6 is 70 which makes up 19.02 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pokunda village is 917 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Pokunda as per census is 667, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Pokunda village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Pokunda village was 66.44 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Pokunda Male literacy stands at 74.67 % while female literacy rate was 58.11 %.

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

Pokunda Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	74	-	-
Population	368	192	176
Child (0-6)	70	42	28
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	291	150	141
Literacy	66.44 %	74.67 %	58.11 %
Total Workers	255	127	128
Main Worker	253	-	-
Marginal Worker	2	0	2

Caste Factor

In Pokunda village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 79.08 % of total population in Pokunda village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Pokunda village of Anugul.

Work Profile

In Pokunda village out of total population, 255 were engaged in work activities. 99.22 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.78 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 255 workers engaged in Main Work, 16 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 231 were Agricultural labourer.