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Pothai Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Pothai is a medium size village located in Tapan Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 56 families residing. The Pothai village has population of 268 of which 145 are males while 123 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pothai village population of children with age 0-6 is 35 which makes up 13.06 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pothai village is 848 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Pothai as per census is 842, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Pothai village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Pothai village was 84.98 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Pothai Male literacy stands at 87.30 % while female literacy rate was 82.24 %.

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

Pothai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 56 - -
Population 268 145 123
Child (0-6) 35 19 16
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 28 16 12
Literacy 84.98 % 87.30 % 82.24 %
Total Workers 164 95 69
Main Worker 73 - -
Marginal Worker 91 35 56

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 10.45 % of total population in Pothai village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Pothai village of Dakshin Dinajpur.

Work Profile

In Pothai village out of total population, 164 were engaged in work activities. 44.51 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 55.49 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 164 workers engaged in Main Work, 24 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 38 were Agricultural labourer.