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Palsa Population - Khunti, Jharkhand

Palsa is a medium size village located in Karra Block of Khunti district, Jharkhand with total 91 families residing. The Palsa village has population of 428 of which 217 are males while 211 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palsa village population of children with age 0-6 is 53 which makes up 12.38 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palsa village is 972 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Palsa as per census is 656, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Palsa village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Palsa village was 66.93 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Palsa Male literacy stands at 81.62 % while female literacy rate was 52.63 %.

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

Palsa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 91 - -
Population 428 217 211
Child (0-6) 53 32 21
Schedule Caste 10 6 4
Schedule Tribe 277 138 139
Literacy 66.93 % 81.62 % 52.63 %
Total Workers 160 87 73
Main Worker 152 - -
Marginal Worker 8 5 3

Caste Factor

In Palsa village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 64.72 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 2.34 % of total population in Palsa village.

Work Profile

In Palsa village out of total population, 160 were engaged in work activities. 95.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 160 workers engaged in Main Work, 147 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.