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Pothing Population - Bageshwar, Uttarakhand

Pothing is a large village located in Kapkot Tehsil of Bageshwar district, Uttarakhand with total 453 families residing. The Pothing village has population of 2148 of which 1003 are males while 1145 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pothing village population of children with age 0-6 is 341 which makes up 15.88 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pothing village is 1142 which is higher than Uttarakhand state average of 963. Child Sex Ratio for the Pothing as per census is 1067, higher than Uttarakhand average of 890.

Pothing village has lower literacy rate compared to Uttarakhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Pothing village was 75.15 % compared to 78.82 % of Uttarakhand. In Pothing Male literacy stands at 89.86 % while female literacy rate was 62.44 %.

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

Pothing Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 453 - -
Population 2,148 1,003 1,145
Child (0-6) 341 165 176
Schedule Caste 250 118 132
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 75.15 % 89.86 % 62.44 %
Total Workers 1,175 533 642
Main Worker 1,096 - -
Marginal Worker 79 27 52

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 11.64 % of total population in Pothing village. The village Pothing currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Pothing village out of total population, 1175 were engaged in work activities. 93.28 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.72 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1175 workers engaged in Main Work, 1034 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.