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Polaha Population - Raisen, Madhya Pradesh

Polaha is a medium size village located in Goharganj Tehsil of Raisen district, Madhya Pradesh with total 372 families residing. The Polaha village has population of 1874 of which 965 are males while 909 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Polaha village population of children with age 0-6 is 281 which makes up 14.99 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Polaha village is 942 which is higher than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Polaha as per census is 1129, higher than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Polaha village has higher literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Polaha village was 74.76 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Polaha Male literacy stands at 86.07 % while female literacy rate was 62.37 %.

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

Polaha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 372 - -
Population 1,874 965 909
Child (0-6) 281 132 149
Schedule Caste 151 84 67
Schedule Tribe 77 38 39
Literacy 74.76 % 86.07 % 62.37 %
Total Workers 523 467 56
Main Worker 476 - -
Marginal Worker 47 29 18

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 8.06 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 4.11 % of total population in Polaha village.

Work Profile

In Polaha village out of total population, 523 were engaged in work activities. 91.01 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 8.99 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 523 workers engaged in Main Work, 215 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 71 were Agricultural labourer.