Potha Population - Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir

Potha is a medium size village located in Kalakote Tehsil of Rajouri district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 80 families residing. The Potha village has population of 392 of which 211 are males while 181 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Potha village population of children with age 0-6 is 82 which makes up 20.92 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Potha village is 858 which is lower than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Potha as per census is 577, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Potha village has lower literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Potha village was 56.45 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Potha Male literacy stands at 63.52 % while female literacy rate was 49.01 %.

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

Potha Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	80	-	-
Population	392	211	181
Child (0-6)	82	52	30
Schedule Caste	156	85	71
Schedule Tribe	218	116	102
Literacy	56.45 %	63.52 %	49.01 %
Total Workers	103	97	6
Main Worker	10	-	-
Marginal Worker	93	87	6

Caste Factor

In Potha village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 55.61 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 39.80 % of total population in Potha village.

Work Profile

In Potha village out of total population, 103 were engaged in work activities. 9.71 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 90.29 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 103 workers engaged in Main Work, 2 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.