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Posta Population - Kendrapara, Orissa

Posta is a medium size village located in Kendrapara Sadar Block of Kendrapara district, Orissa with total 117 families residing. The Posta village has population of 539 of which 277 are males while 262 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Posta village population of children with age 0-6 is 63 which makes up 11.69 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Posta village is 946 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Posta as per census is 969, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Posta village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Posta village was 88.45 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Posta Male literacy stands at 94.69 % while female literacy rate was 81.82 %.

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

Posta Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 117 - -
Population 539 277 262
Child (0-6) 63 32 31
Schedule Caste 1 1 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 88.45 % 94.69 % 81.82 %
Total Workers 200 162 38
Main Worker 163 - -
Marginal Worker 37 14 23

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 0.19 % of total population in Posta village. The village Posta currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Posta village out of total population, 200 were engaged in work activities. 81.50 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 18.50 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 200 workers engaged in Main Work, 49 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 31 were Agricultural labourer.