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Pokharisahi Population - Bhadrak, Orissa

Pokharisahi is a medium size village located in Bansada Block of Bhadrak district, Orissa with total 99 families residing. The Pokharisahi village has population of 547 of which 277 are males while 270 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pokharisahi village population of children with age 0-6 is 86 which makes up 15.72 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pokharisahi village is 975 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Pokharisahi as per census is 870, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Pokharisahi village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Pokharisahi village was 78.09 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Pokharisahi Male literacy stands at 92.21 % while female literacy rate was 63.91 %.

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

Pokharisahi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 99 - -
Population 547 277 270
Child (0-6) 86 46 40
Schedule Caste 500 256 244
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 78.09 % 92.21 % 63.91 %
Total Workers 160 154 6
Main Worker 151 - -
Marginal Worker 9 9 0

Caste Factor

In Pokharisahi village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 91.41 % of total population in Pokharisahi village. The village Pokharisahi currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Pokharisahi village out of total population, 160 were engaged in work activities. 94.38 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.63 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 160 workers engaged in Main Work, 114 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 29 were Agricultural labourer.