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Pokharia Population - Kendrapara, Orissa

Pokharia is a medium size village located in Rajnagar Block of Kendrapara district, Orissa with total 148 families residing. The Pokharia village has population of 696 of which 338 are males while 358 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pokharia village population of children with age 0-6 is 80 which makes up 11.49 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pokharia village is 1059 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Pokharia as per census is 1424, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Pokharia village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Pokharia village was 91.88 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Pokharia Male literacy stands at 96.39 % while female literacy rate was 87.46 %.

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

Pokharia Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 148 - -
Population 696 338 358
Child (0-6) 80 33 47
Schedule Caste 211 99 112
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 91.88 % 96.39 % 87.46 %
Total Workers 197 178 19
Main Worker 63 - -
Marginal Worker 134 120 14

Caste Factor

Pokharia village of Kendrapara has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 30.32 % of total population in Pokharia village. The village Pokharia currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Pokharia village out of total population, 197 were engaged in work activities. 31.98 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 68.02 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 197 workers engaged in Main Work, 25 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 11 were Agricultural labourer.