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Pothapada Population - Jagatsinghapur, Orissa

Pothapada is a medium size village located in Jagatsinghapur Block of Jagatsinghapur district, Orissa with total 149 families residing. The Pothapada village has population of 660 of which 345 are males while 315 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pothapada village population of children with age 0-6 is 52 which makes up 7.88 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pothapada village is 913 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Pothapada as per census is 793, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Pothapada village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Pothapada village was 89.47 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Pothapada Male literacy stands at 93.99 % while female literacy rate was 84.59 %.

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

Pothapada Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 149 - -
Population 660 345 315
Child (0-6) 52 29 23
Schedule Caste 52 27 25
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 89.47 % 93.99 % 84.59 %
Total Workers 225 210 15
Main Worker 176 - -
Marginal Worker 49 38 11

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 7.88 % of total population in Pothapada village. The village Pothapada currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Pothapada village out of total population, 225 were engaged in work activities. 78.22 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 21.78 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 225 workers engaged in Main Work, 67 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 46 were Agricultural labourer.