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Pondum Population - Dantewada, Chhattisgarh

Pondum is a medium size village located in Chhindgarh Tehsil of Dantewada district, Chhattisgarh with total 394 families residing. The Pondum village has population of 1721 of which 773 are males while 948 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pondum village population of children with age 0-6 is 290 which makes up 16.85 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pondum village is 1226 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Pondum as per census is 1231, higher than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Pondum village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Pondum village was 11.18 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Pondum Male literacy stands at 17.26 % while female literacy rate was 6.22 %.

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

Pondum Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 394 - -
Population 1,721 773 948
Child (0-6) 290 130 160
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,704 765 939
Literacy 11.18 % 17.26 % 6.22 %
Total Workers 1,014 472 542
Main Worker 430 - -
Marginal Worker 584 77 507

Caste Factor

In Pondum village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.01 % of total population in Pondum village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Pondum village of Dantewada.

Work Profile

In Pondum village out of total population, 1014 were engaged in work activities. 42.41 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 57.59 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1014 workers engaged in Main Work, 396 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 19 were Agricultural labourer.