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Podanga Population - Kendujhar, Orissa

Podanga is a medium size village located in Telkoi Block of Kendujhar district, Orissa with total 276 families residing. The Podanga village has population of 1233 of which 637 are males while 596 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Podanga village population of children with age 0-6 is 160 which makes up 12.98 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Podanga village is 936 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Podanga as per census is 798, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Podanga village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Podanga village was 67.57 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Podanga Male literacy stands at 75.18 % while female literacy rate was 59.62 %.

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

Podanga Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 276 - -
Population 1,233 637 596
Child (0-6) 160 89 71
Schedule Caste 229 107 122
Schedule Tribe 515 280 235
Literacy 67.57 % 75.18 % 59.62 %
Total Workers 546 333 213
Main Worker 99 - -
Marginal Worker 447 240 207

Caste Factor

In Podanga village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 41.77 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 18.57 % of total population in Podanga village.

Work Profile

In Podanga village out of total population, 546 were engaged in work activities. 18.13 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 81.87 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 546 workers engaged in Main Work, 58 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 9 were Agricultural labourer.