Pona Population - Ludhiana, Punjab

Pona is a medium size village located in Jagraon Tehsil of Ludhiana district, Punjab with total 288 families residing. The Pona village has population of 1555 of which 807 are males while 748 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pona village population of children with age 0-6 is 160 which makes up 10.29 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pona village is 927 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Pona as per census is 905, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Pona village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Pona village was 80.79 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Pona Male literacy stands at 83.96 % while female literacy rate was 77.38 %.

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

Pona Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	288	-	-
Population	1,555	807	748
Child (0-6)	160	84	76
Schedule Caste	614	317	297
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	80.79 %	83.96 %	77.38 %
Total Workers	598	506	92
Main Worker	577	-	-
Marginal Worker	21	9	12

Caste Factor

In Pona village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 39.49 % of total population in Pona village. The village Pona currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Pona village out of total population, 598 were engaged in work activities. 96.49 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.51 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 598 workers engaged in Main Work, 230 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 71 were Agricultural labourer.