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Pojenga Population - Gumla, Jharkhand

Pojenga is a medium size village located in Palkot Block of Gumla district, Jharkhand with total 288 families residing. The Pojenga village has population of 1382 of which 676 are males while 706 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pojenga village population of children with age 0-6 is 228 which makes up 16.50 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pojenga village is 1044 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Pojenga as per census is 949, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Pojenga village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Pojenga village was 66.20 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Pojenga Male literacy stands at 78.18 % while female literacy rate was 54.96 %.

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

Pojenga Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 288 - -
Population 1,382 676 706
Child (0-6) 228 117 111
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 838 403 435
Literacy 66.20 % 78.18 % 54.96 %
Total Workers 727 366 361
Main Worker 416 - -
Marginal Worker 311 88 223

Caste Factor

In Pojenga village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 60.64 % of total population in Pojenga village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Pojenga village of Gumla.

Work Profile

In Pojenga village out of total population, 727 were engaged in work activities. 57.22 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 42.78 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 727 workers engaged in Main Work, 340 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 6 were Agricultural labourer.