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Poshma Population - Barmer, Rajasthan

Poshma is a medium size village located in Sheo Tehsil of Barmer district, Rajasthan with total 61 families residing. The Poshma village has population of 400 of which 217 are males while 183 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Poshma village population of children with age 0-6 is 90 which makes up 22.50 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Poshma village is 843 which is lower than Rajasthan state average of 928. Child Sex Ratio for the Poshma as per census is 957, higher than Rajasthan average of 888.

Poshma village has higher literacy rate compared to Rajasthan. In 2011, literacy rate of Poshma village was 72.58 % compared to 66.11 % of Rajasthan. In Poshma Male literacy stands at 87.72 % while female literacy rate was 53.96 %.

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

Poshma Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 61 - -
Population 400 217 183
Child (0-6) 90 46 44
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 14 10 4
Literacy 72.58 % 87.72 % 53.96 %
Total Workers 252 141 111
Main Worker 180 - -
Marginal Worker 72 31 41

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 3.50 % of total population in Poshma village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Poshma village of Barmer.

Work Profile

In Poshma village out of total population, 252 were engaged in work activities. 71.43 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 28.57 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 252 workers engaged in Main Work, 180 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.