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Podana Population - Kendrapara, Orissa

Podana is a medium size village located in Patkura Block of Kendrapara district, Orissa with total 183 families residing. The Podana village has population of 809 of which 428 are males while 381 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Podana village population of children with age 0-6 is 80 which makes up 9.89 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Podana village is 890 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Podana as per census is 818, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Podana village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Podana village was 81.76 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Podana Male literacy stands at 90.10 % while female literacy rate was 72.46 %.

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

Podana Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 183 - -
Population 809 428 381
Child (0-6) 80 44 36
Schedule Caste 74 41 33
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 81.76 % 90.10 % 72.46 %
Total Workers 245 239 6
Main Worker 235 - -
Marginal Worker 10 10 0

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 9.15 % of total population in Podana village. The village Podana currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Podana village out of total population, 245 were engaged in work activities. 95.92 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.08 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 245 workers engaged in Main Work, 127 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 40 were Agricultural labourer.