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Poshal Population - Puri, Orissa

Poshal is a medium size village located in Delanga Block of Puri district, Orissa with total 87 families residing. The Poshal village has population of 343 of which 173 are males while 170 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Poshal village population of children with age 0-6 is 23 which makes up 6.71 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Poshal village is 983 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Poshal as per census is 917, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Poshal village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Poshal village was 83.75 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Poshal Male literacy stands at 91.93 % while female literacy rate was 75.47 %.

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

Poshal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 87 - -
Population 343 173 170
Child (0-6) 23 12 11
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 83.75 % 91.93 % 75.47 %
Total Workers 188 94 94
Main Worker 96 - -
Marginal Worker 92 7 85

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Poshal village of Puri district.

Work Profile

In Poshal village out of total population, 188 were engaged in work activities. 51.06 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 48.94 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 188 workers engaged in Main Work, 39 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 13 were Agricultural labourer.