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Pousa Population - Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand

Pousa is a medium size village located in Berinag Tehsil of Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand with total 84 families residing. The Pousa village has population of 331 of which 153 are males while 178 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pousa village population of children with age 0-6 is 52 which makes up 15.71 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pousa village is 1163 which is higher than Uttarakhand state average of 963. Child Sex Ratio for the Pousa as per census is 1080, higher than Uttarakhand average of 890.

Pousa village has lower literacy rate compared to Uttarakhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Pousa village was 75.99 % compared to 78.82 % of Uttarakhand. In Pousa Male literacy stands at 85.94 % while female literacy rate was 67.55 %.

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

Pousa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 84 - -
Population 331 153 178
Child (0-6) 52 25 27
Schedule Caste 235 113 122
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 75.99 % 85.94 % 67.55 %
Total Workers 139 52 87
Main Worker 132 - -
Marginal Worker 7 1 6

Caste Factor

In Pousa village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 71.00 % of total population in Pousa village. The village Pousa currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Pousa village out of total population, 139 were engaged in work activities. 94.96 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.04 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 139 workers engaged in Main Work, 122 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.