Potteru Population - Malkangiri, Orissa

Potteru is a medium size village located in Motu Block of Malkangiri district, Orissa with total 389 families residing. The Potteru village has population of 1800 of which 896 are males while 904 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Potteru village population of children with age 0-6 is 273 which makes up 15.17 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Potteru village is 1009 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Potteru as per census is 1022, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Potteru village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Potteru village was 44.79 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Potteru Male literacy stands at 54.53 % while female literacy rate was 35.12 %.

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

Potteru Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	389	-	-
Population	1,800	896	904
Child (0-6)	273	135	138
Schedule Caste	614	308	306
Schedule Tribe	935	433	502
Literacy	44.79 %	54.53 %	35.12 %
Total Workers	1,161	630	531
Main Worker	745	-	-
Marginal Worker	416	79	337

Caste Factor

In Potteru village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 51.94 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 34.11 % of total population in Potteru village.

Work Profile

In Potteru village out of total population, 1161 were engaged in work activities. 64.17 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 35.83 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1161 workers engaged in Main Work, 618 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 24 were Agricultural labourer.