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Podana Population - Puri, Orissa

Podana is a medium size village located in Nimapada Block of Puri district, Orissa with total 98 families residing. The Podana village has population of 409 of which 215 are males while 194 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Podana village population of children with age 0-6 is 34 which makes up 8.31 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Podana village is 902 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Podana as per census is 700, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Podana village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Podana village was 80.53 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Podana Male literacy stands at 90.77 % while female literacy rate was 69.44 %.

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 98 - -
Population 409 215 194
Child (0-6) 34 20 14
Schedule Caste 185 99 86
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 80.53 % 90.77 % 69.44 %
Total Workers 186 149 37
Main Worker 84 - -
Marginal Worker 102 65 37

Caste Factor

In Podana village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 45.23 % 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, 186 were engaged in work activities. 45.16 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 54.84 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 186 workers engaged in Main Work, 41 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 38 were Agricultural labourer.