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Pohala Population - Kendrapara, Orissa

Pohala is a medium size village located in Pattamundai Block of Kendrapara district, Orissa with total 161 families residing. The Pohala village has population of 677 of which 321 are males while 356 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pohala village population of children with age 0-6 is 84 which makes up 12.41 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pohala village is 1109 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Pohala as per census is 1000, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Pohala village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Pohala village was 76.56 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Pohala Male literacy stands at 79.57 % while female literacy rate was 73.89 %.

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

Pohala Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 161 - -
Population 677 321 356
Child (0-6) 84 42 42
Schedule Caste 140 69 71
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 76.56 % 79.57 % 73.89 %
Total Workers 214 174 40
Main Worker 116 - -
Marginal Worker 98 63 35

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 20.68 % of total population in Pohala village. The village Pohala currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Pohala village out of total population, 214 were engaged in work activities. 54.21 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 45.79 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 214 workers engaged in Main Work, 60 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.