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Podima Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Podima is a medium size village located in Pingla Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 268 families residing. The Podima village has population of 1122 of which 583 are males while 539 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Podima village population of children with age 0-6 is 127 which makes up 11.32 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Podima village is 925 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Podima as per census is 1268, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Podima village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Podima village was 88.24 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Podima Male literacy stands at 94.69 % while female literacy rate was 80.98 %.

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

Podima Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 268 - -
Population 1,122 583 539
Child (0-6) 127 56 71
Schedule Caste 66 32 34
Schedule Tribe 56 30 26
Literacy 88.24 % 94.69 % 80.98 %
Total Workers 585 357 228
Main Worker 173 - -
Marginal Worker 412 198 214

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 5.88 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 4.99 % of total population in Podima village.

Work Profile

In Podima village out of total population, 585 were engaged in work activities. 29.57 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 70.43 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 585 workers engaged in Main Work, 103 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 21 were Agricultural labourer.