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Potan Population - Bageshwar, Uttarakhand

Potan is a medium size village located in Bageshwar Tehsil of Bageshwar district, Uttarakhand with total 38 families residing. The Potan village has population of 204 of which 99 are males while 105 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Potan village population of children with age 0-6 is 23 which makes up 11.27 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Potan village is 1061 which is higher than Uttarakhand state average of 963. Child Sex Ratio for the Potan as per census is 769, lower than Uttarakhand average of 890.

Potan village has lower literacy rate compared to Uttarakhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Potan village was 75.69 % compared to 78.82 % of Uttarakhand. In Potan Male literacy stands at 91.86 % while female literacy rate was 61.05 %.

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

Potan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 38 - -
Population 204 99 105
Child (0-6) 23 13 10
Schedule Caste 64 26 38
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 75.69 % 91.86 % 61.05 %
Total Workers 110 42 68
Main Worker 106 - -
Marginal Worker 4 0 4

Caste Factor

Potan village of Bageshwar has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 31.37 % of total population in Potan village. The village Potan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Potan village out of total population, 110 were engaged in work activities. 96.36 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.64 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 110 workers engaged in Main Work, 102 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.