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Potri Population - Araria, Bihar

Potri is a medium size village located in Forbesganj Block of Araria district, Bihar with total 239 families residing. The Potri village has population of 1268 of which 673 are males while 595 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Potri village population of children with age 0-6 is 215 which makes up 16.96 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Potri village is 884 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Potri as per census is 853, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Potri village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Potri village was 74.45 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Potri Male literacy stands at 86.36 % while female literacy rate was 61.09 %.

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

Potri Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 239 - -
Population 1,268 673 595
Child (0-6) 215 116 99
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 74.45 % 86.36 % 61.09 %
Total Workers 668 358 310
Main Worker 205 - -
Marginal Worker 463 160 303

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Potri village of Araria district.

Work Profile

In Potri village out of total population, 668 were engaged in work activities. 30.69 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 69.31 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 668 workers engaged in Main Work, 162 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.