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Potagan Population - Baleshwar, Orissa

Potagan is a medium size village located in Baleshwar Sadar Block of Baleshwar district, Orissa with total 104 families residing. The Potagan village has population of 394 of which 215 are males while 179 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Potagan village population of children with age 0-6 is 40 which makes up 10.15 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Potagan village is 833 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Potagan as per census is 667, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Potagan village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Potagan village was 91.81 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Potagan Male literacy stands at 99.48 % while female literacy rate was 82.82 %.

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

Potagan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 104 - -
Population 394 215 179
Child (0-6) 40 24 16
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 91.81 % 99.48 % 82.82 %
Total Workers 140 132 8
Main Worker 130 - -
Marginal Worker 10 5 5

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Potagan village of Baleshwar district.

Work Profile

In Potagan village out of total population, 140 were engaged in work activities. 92.86 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 7.14 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 140 workers engaged in Main Work, 59 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 25 were Agricultural labourer.