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Podanga Population - Puri, Orissa

Podanga is a medium size village located in Pipili Block of Puri district, Orissa with total 213 families residing. The Podanga village has population of 1032 of which 541 are males while 491 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Podanga village population of children with age 0-6 is 114 which makes up 11.05 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Podanga village is 908 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Podanga as per census is 1000, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Podanga village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Podanga village was 80.72 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Podanga Male literacy stands at 88.22 % while female literacy rate was 72.35 %.

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

Podanga Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 213 - -
Population 1,032 541 491
Child (0-6) 114 57 57
Schedule Caste 391 202 189
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 80.72 % 88.22 % 72.35 %
Total Workers 418 347 71
Main Worker 314 - -
Marginal Worker 104 56 48

Caste Factor

In Podanga village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 37.89 % of total population in Podanga village. The village Podanga currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Podanga village out of total population, 418 were engaged in work activities. 75.12 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 24.88 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 418 workers engaged in Main Work, 132 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 70 were Agricultural labourer.