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Pongarhi Population - Rohtas, Bihar

Pongarhi is a medium size village located in Dinara Block of Rohtas district, Bihar with total 149 families residing. The Pongarhi village has population of 871 of which 428 are males while 443 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pongarhi village population of children with age 0-6 is 187 which makes up 21.47 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pongarhi village is 1035 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Pongarhi as per census is 1174, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Pongarhi village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Pongarhi village was 61.70 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Pongarhi Male literacy stands at 80.99 % while female literacy rate was 42.40 %.

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

Pongarhi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 149 - -
Population 871 428 443
Child (0-6) 187 86 101
Schedule Caste 288 130 158
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 61.70 % 80.99 % 42.40 %
Total Workers 223 177 46
Main Worker 69 - -
Marginal Worker 154 114 40

Caste Factor

Pongarhi village of Rohtas has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 33.07 % of total population in Pongarhi village. The village Pongarhi currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Pongarhi village out of total population, 223 were engaged in work activities. 30.94 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 69.06 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 223 workers engaged in Main Work, 20 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 36 were Agricultural labourer.