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Poraia Population - Giridih, Jharkhand

Poraia is a medium size village located in Jamua Block of Giridih district, Jharkhand with total 94 families residing. The Poraia village has population of 544 of which 287 are males while 257 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Poraia village population of children with age 0-6 is 95 which makes up 17.46 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Poraia village is 895 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Poraia as per census is 696, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Poraia village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Poraia village was 79.06 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Poraia Male literacy stands at 94.81 % while female literacy rate was 62.39 %.

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

Poraia Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 94 - -
Population 544 287 257
Child (0-6) 95 56 39
Schedule Caste 19 8 11
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 79.06 % 94.81 % 62.39 %
Total Workers 276 143 133
Main Worker 137 - -
Marginal Worker 139 31 108

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 3.49 % of total population in Poraia village. The village Poraia currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Poraia village out of total population, 276 were engaged in work activities. 49.64 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 50.36 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 276 workers engaged in Main Work, 43 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 6 were Agricultural labourer.