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Potia Population - Durg, Chhattisgarh

Potia is a medium size village located in Dhamdha Tehsil of Durg district, Chhattisgarh with total 241 families residing. The Potia village has population of 1162 of which 581 are males while 581 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Potia village population of children with age 0-6 is 155 which makes up 13.34 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Potia village is 1000 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Potia as per census is 914, lower than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Potia village has higher literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Potia village was 74.88 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Potia Male literacy stands at 87.40 % while female literacy rate was 62.52 %.

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

Potia Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 241 - -
Population 1,162 581 581
Child (0-6) 155 81 74
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 60 28 32
Literacy 74.88 % 87.40 % 62.52 %
Total Workers 630 340 290
Main Worker 445 - -
Marginal Worker 185 70 115

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 5.16 % of total population in Potia village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Potia village of Durg.

Work Profile

In Potia village out of total population, 630 were engaged in work activities. 70.63 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 29.37 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 630 workers engaged in Main Work, 126 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 150 were Agricultural labourer.