Pokdanda Population, Caste, Working Data Kodarma, Jharkhand - Census 2011

Pokdanda is a village situated in Chandwara block of Kodarma district in Jharkhand. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 171 families residing in the village Pokdanda. The total population of Pokdanda is 1,071 out of which 533 are males and 538 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Pokdanda is 1,009.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Pokdanda village is 229 which is 21% of the total population. There are 117 male children and 112 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Pokdanda is 957 which is less than Average Sex Ratio (1,009) of Pokdanda village.

Population
1,071
Families
171
Literacy
53.09%
Sex Ratio
1,009

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Pokdanda is 53.1%. Thus Pokdanda village has lower literacy rate compared to 54.5% of Kodarma district. The male literacy rate is 61.78% and the female literacy rate is 44.6% in Pokdanda village.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act (Amendment 1998), Pokdanda village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of the village.

Pokdanda Data as per Census 2011

As per the Population Census 2011 data, following are some quick facts about Pokdanda village.

Total Male Female
Children 229 117 112
Literacy 53.09% 61.78% 44.6%
Scheduled Caste 325 175 150
Scheduled Tribe 0 0 0
Illiterate 624 276 348

Caste Data as per Census 2011

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 30.3% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0% of total population in Pokdanda village.

Working Population as per Census 2011

In Pokdanda village out of total population, 446 were engaged in work activities. 61.9% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 38.1% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 446 workers engaged in Main Work, 37 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 276 219 57
Cultivators 37 26 11
Agriculture Labourer 2 1 1
Household Industries 50 12 38
Other Workers 187 180 7
Marginal Workers 170 47 123
Non Working 625 267 358

Nearby Villages to Pokdanda,

Below are the list of villages near Pokdanda village in Chandwara.

Village Population
Jamkathi 397
Chamgudokalan 550
Kurmidih 535
Kanko 2,426
Gawanpur 391
Garaindih 937
Chandraghatti 497
Murtia 465
Majhgaon 954
Semaria 651

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