Pongra Population - Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand

Pongra is a medium size village located in Bandgaon Block of Pashchimi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand with total 153 families residing. The Pongra village has population of 654 of which 313 are males while 341 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pongra village population of children with age 0-6 is 102 which makes up 15.60 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pongra village is 1089 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Pongra as per census is 925, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Pongra village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Pongra village was 50.18 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Pongra Male literacy stands at 70.00 % while female literacy rate was 32.53 %.

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

Pongra Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	153	-	-
Population	654	313	341
Child (0-6)	102	53	49
Schedule Caste	246	116	130
Schedule Tribe	260	123	137
Literacy	50.18 %	70.00 %	32.53 %
Total Workers	378	181	197
Main Worker	119	-	-
Marginal Worker	259	120	139

Caste Factor

In Pongra village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 39.76 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 37.61 % of total population in Pongra village.

Work Profile

In Pongra village out of total population, 378 were engaged in work activities. 31.48 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 68.52 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 378 workers engaged in Main Work, 37 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.