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Portenga Population - Jashpur, Chhattisgarh

Portenga is a medium size village located in Jashpur Tehsil of Jashpur district, Chhattisgarh with total 227 families residing. The Portenga village has population of 1013 of which 503 are males while 510 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Portenga village population of children with age 0-6 is 123 which makes up 12.14 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Portenga village is 1014 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Portenga as per census is 952, lower than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Portenga village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Portenga village was 64.16 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Portenga Male literacy stands at 72.50 % while female literacy rate was 56.00 %.

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

Portenga Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 227 - -
Population 1,013 503 510
Child (0-6) 123 63 60
Schedule Caste 167 78 89
Schedule Tribe 363 180 183
Literacy 64.16 % 72.50 % 56.00 %
Total Workers 671 339 332
Main Worker 417 - -
Marginal Worker 254 78 176

Caste Factor

In Portenga village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 35.83 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 16.49 % of total population in Portenga village.

Work Profile

In Portenga village out of total population, 671 were engaged in work activities. 62.15 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 37.85 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 671 workers engaged in Main Work, 336 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 18 were Agricultural labourer.