Ponarguda Population - Malkangiri, Orissa

Ponarguda is a medium size village located in Malkangiri Block of Malkangiri district, Orissa with total 196 families residing. The Ponarguda village has population of 852 of which 407 are males while 445 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ponarguda village population of children with age 0-6 is 146 which makes up 17.14 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ponarguda village is 1093 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Ponarguda as per census is 1086, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Ponarguda village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Ponarguda village was 49.43 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Ponarguda Male literacy stands at 63.20 % while female literacy rate was 36.86 %.

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

Ponarguda Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	196	-	-
Population	852	407	445
Child (0-6)	146	70	76
Schedule Caste	256	122	134
Schedule Tribe	348	159	189
Literacy	49.43 %	63.20 %	36.86 %
Total Workers	439	235	204
Main Worker	284	-	-
Marginal Worker	155	12	143

Caste Factor

In Ponarguda village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 40.85 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 30.05 % of total population in Ponarguda village.

Work Profile

In Ponarguda village out of total population, 439 were engaged in work activities. 64.69 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 35.31 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 439 workers engaged in Main Work, 206 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 50 were Agricultural labourer.