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Poirasi Population - Ganjam, Orissa

Poirasi is a medium size village located in RAMBHA Block of Ganjam district, Orissa with total 289 families residing. The Poirasi village has population of 1388 of which 694 are males while 694 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Poirasi village population of children with age 0-6 is 200 which makes up 14.41 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Poirasi village is 1000 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Poirasi as per census is 887, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Poirasi village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Poirasi village was 40.66 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Poirasi Male literacy stands at 53.91 % while female literacy rate was 27.67 %.

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

Poirasi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 289 - -
Population 1,388 694 694
Child (0-6) 200 106 94
Schedule Caste 297 156 141
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 40.66 % 53.91 % 27.67 %
Total Workers 736 400 336
Main Worker 480 - -
Marginal Worker 256 87 169

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 21.40 % of total population in Poirasi village. The village Poirasi currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Poirasi village out of total population, 736 were engaged in work activities. 65.22 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 34.78 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 736 workers engaged in Main Work, 82 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 86 were Agricultural labourer.