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Pounsra Population - Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh

Pounsra is a medium size village located in Basna Tehsil of Mahasamund district, Chhattisgarh with total 253 families residing. The Pounsra village has population of 1140 of which 558 are males while 582 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pounsra village population of children with age 0-6 is 142 which makes up 12.46 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pounsra village is 1043 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Pounsra as per census is 1058, higher than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Pounsra village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Pounsra village was 69.04 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Pounsra Male literacy stands at 79.55 % while female literacy rate was 58.94 %.

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

Pounsra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 253 - -
Population 1,140 558 582
Child (0-6) 142 69 73
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 161 75 86
Literacy 69.04 % 79.55 % 58.94 %
Total Workers 468 340 128
Main Worker 257 - -
Marginal Worker 211 133 78

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 14.12 % of total population in Pounsra village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Pounsra village of Mahasamund.

Work Profile

In Pounsra village out of total population, 468 were engaged in work activities. 54.91 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 45.09 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 468 workers engaged in Main Work, 187 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.