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Poama Population - Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh

Poama is a medium size village located in Chhindwara Tehsil of Chhindwara district, Madhya Pradesh with total 340 families residing. The Poama village has population of 1611 of which 788 are males while 823 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Poama village population of children with age 0-6 is 168 which makes up 10.43 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Poama village is 1044 which is higher than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Poama as per census is 976, higher than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Poama village has higher literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Poama village was 70.69 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Poama Male literacy stands at 78.38 % while female literacy rate was 63.38 %.

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

Poama Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 340 - -
Population 1,611 788 823
Child (0-6) 168 85 83
Schedule Caste 238 116 122
Schedule Tribe 994 482 512
Literacy 70.69 % 78.38 % 63.38 %
Total Workers 695 433 262
Main Worker 318 - -
Marginal Worker 377 189 188

Caste Factor

In Poama village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 61.70 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 14.77 % of total population in Poama village.

Work Profile

In Poama village out of total population, 695 were engaged in work activities. 45.76 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 54.24 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 695 workers engaged in Main Work, 102 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 53 were Agricultural labourer.