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Pohala Population - Cuttack, Orissa

Pohala is a medium size village located in Gobindpur Block of Cuttack district, Orissa with total 303 families residing. The Pohala village has population of 1459 of which 759 are males while 700 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pohala village population of children with age 0-6 is 134 which makes up 9.18 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pohala village is 922 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Pohala as per census is 1127, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Pohala village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Pohala village was 85.51 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Pohala Male literacy stands at 93.10 % while female literacy rate was 77.11 %.

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 303 - -
Population 1,459 759 700
Child (0-6) 134 63 71
Schedule Caste 212 111 101
Schedule Tribe 4 2 2
Literacy 85.51 % 93.10 % 77.11 %
Total Workers 425 400 25
Main Worker 387 - -
Marginal Worker 38 31 7

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 14.53 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.27 % of total population in Pohala village.

Work Profile

In Pohala village out of total population, 425 were engaged in work activities. 91.06 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 8.94 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 425 workers engaged in Main Work, 216 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 66 were Agricultural labourer.