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Porha Population - Lohardaga, Jharkhand

Porha is a medium size village located in Bhandra Block of Lohardaga district, Jharkhand with total 175 families residing. The Porha village has population of 859 of which 419 are males while 440 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Porha village population of children with age 0-6 is 161 which makes up 18.74 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Porha village is 1050 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Porha as per census is 1118, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Porha village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Porha village was 62.18 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Porha Male literacy stands at 71.43 % while female literacy rate was 53.24 %.

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

Porha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 175 - -
Population 859 419 440
Child (0-6) 161 76 85
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 756 369 387
Literacy 62.18 % 71.43 % 53.24 %
Total Workers 396 202 194
Main Worker 261 - -
Marginal Worker 135 23 112

Caste Factor

In Porha village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 88.01 % of total population in Porha village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Porha village of Lohardaga.

Work Profile

In Porha village out of total population, 396 were engaged in work activities. 65.91 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 34.09 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 396 workers engaged in Main Work, 223 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 19 were Agricultural labourer.