Pousat

 

Administrative division:

No. of Districts  6
No. of Communes 49
No. of Villages 495

 

Households:   67,022  of which 24.2%  Female Headed.

 

Population:

Total  360,445
Males 172,890
Females 187,555

 

Sex Ratio:     92.2

Dependency Ratio:     100.1%

Population Density:     28 per Km2

Urbanization Rate:     16%

 

Population distribution by broad Age Groups: 

0 - 14 15 - 64  65 and above
47.2 50.0 2.8

 

Marital Status:

Sex

Never Married

Married

Widowed

Divorced

Separated

Both Sexes 27.9 61.9 7.1 2.8 0.3

Males

31.5

66.3

1.3

0.8

0.1

Females

24.9

58.3

12.0

4.4

0.4

 

Literacy Rate:

Both Sexes

Males

Females

62.2

70.1

55.1

 

General Activity and Unemployment Rate:

Rate

Both Sexes

Males

Females

General Activity

55.6

54.4

56.6

Unemployment

3.5

3.4

3.5


Number of Migrants: 147,956 which is 41%

of the province population.

 

Distribution of Migrants by Previous Residence:

Previous Residence

Both Sexes

Males

Females

Within the province

76.0

75.0

76.8

From another province

18.4

19.2

17.8

From outside Cambodia

5.6 5.8 5.4

 

Distribution of Households by Main Source of Drinking Water:

Piped water

Tube/

Pipe well

Dug well

Spring, river stream

Bought

Other

2.9

3.5

53.3

29.0

5.9

5.4

 

Distribution of Households by Main Source of Light:

City Power

Generator

City Power and Generator

Kerosene

Battery

Other Sources

8.0

0.8

0.8

88.1

2.0

0.3

 

Distribution of Households with Toilet Facility:

Total

Urban

Rural

8.5

20.8

2.6

 

Distribution of Households by Main Type of Fuel for Cooking:

Firewood

Charcoal

Kerosene

Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)

Others

94.9

1.9

2.5

0.6

0.1