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Ponar Population - Nabarangapur, Orissa

Ponar is a medium size village located in Dabugan Block of Nabarangapur district, Orissa with total 391 families residing. The Ponar village has population of 1923 of which 961 are males while 962 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ponar village population of children with age 0-6 is 455 which makes up 23.66 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ponar village is 1001 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Ponar as per census is 936, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Ponar village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Ponar village was 29.50 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Ponar Male literacy stands at 40.77 % while female literacy rate was 18.46 %.

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

Ponar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 391 - -
Population 1,923 961 962
Child (0-6) 455 235 220
Schedule Caste 45 20 25
Schedule Tribe 1,771 887 884
Literacy 29.50 % 40.77 % 18.46 %
Total Workers 652 519 133
Main Worker 374 - -
Marginal Worker 278 150 128

Caste Factor

In Ponar village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 92.10 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 2.34 % of total population in Ponar village.

Work Profile

In Ponar village out of total population, 652 were engaged in work activities. 57.36 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 42.64 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 652 workers engaged in Main Work, 340 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.