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Podiya Population - Surguja, Chhattisgarh

Podiya is a medium size village located in Ambikapur Tehsil of Surguja district, Chhattisgarh with total 229 families residing. The Podiya village has population of 1135 of which 564 are males while 571 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Podiya village population of children with age 0-6 is 184 which makes up 16.21 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Podiya village is 1012 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Podiya as per census is 917, lower than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Podiya village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Podiya village was 55.42 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Podiya Male literacy stands at 59.62 % while female literacy rate was 51.35 %.

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

Podiya Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 229 - -
Population 1,135 564 571
Child (0-6) 184 96 88
Schedule Caste 12 7 5
Schedule Tribe 941 475 466
Literacy 55.42 % 59.62 % 51.35 %
Total Workers 301 214 87
Main Worker 145 - -
Marginal Worker 156 89 67

Caste Factor

In Podiya village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 82.91 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 1.06 % of total population in Podiya village.

Work Profile

In Podiya village out of total population, 301 were engaged in work activities. 48.17 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 51.83 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 301 workers engaged in Main Work, 28 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 81 were Agricultural labourer.