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Pokaran Population - Jaisalmer, Rajasthan

Pokaran is a medium size village located in Pokaran Tehsil of Jaisalmer district, Rajasthan with total 147 families residing. The Pokaran village has population of 860 of which 436 are males while 424 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pokaran village population of children with age 0-6 is 205 which makes up 23.84 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pokaran village is 972 which is higher than Rajasthan state average of 928. Child Sex Ratio for the Pokaran as per census is 971, higher than Rajasthan average of 888.

Pokaran village has lower literacy rate compared to Rajasthan. In 2011, literacy rate of Pokaran village was 49.62 % compared to 66.11 % of Rajasthan. In Pokaran Male literacy stands at 64.16 % while female literacy rate was 34.67 %.

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

Pokaran Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 147 - -
Population 860 436 424
Child (0-6) 205 104 101
Schedule Caste 13 9 4
Schedule Tribe 4 2 2
Literacy 49.62 % 64.16 % 34.67 %
Total Workers 285 201 84
Main Worker 230 - -
Marginal Worker 55 37 18

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 1.51 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.47 % of total population in Pokaran village.

Work Profile

In Pokaran village out of total population, 285 were engaged in work activities. 80.70 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 19.30 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 285 workers engaged in Main Work, 19 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 49 were Agricultural labourer.