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Puskoti Population - Gadchiroli, Maharashtra

Puskoti is a medium size village located in Etapalli Taluka of Gadchiroli district, Maharashtra with total 105 families residing. The Puskoti village has population of 589 of which 331 are males while 258 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Puskoti village population of children with age 0-6 is 115 which makes up 19.52 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Puskoti village is 779 which is lower than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Puskoti as per census is 825, lower than Maharashtra average of 894.

Puskoti village has lower literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Puskoti village was 51.48 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Puskoti Male literacy stands at 55.22 % while female literacy rate was 46.60 %.

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

Puskoti Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 105 - -
Population 589 331 258
Child (0-6) 115 63 52
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 401 218 183
Literacy 51.48 % 55.22 % 46.60 %
Total Workers 435 246 189
Main Worker 346 - -
Marginal Worker 89 52 37

Caste Factor

In Puskoti village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 68.08 % of total population in Puskoti village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Puskoti village of Gadchiroli.

Work Profile

In Puskoti village out of total population, 435 were engaged in work activities. 79.54 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 20.46 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 435 workers engaged in Main Work, 16 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 295 were Agricultural labourer.