Palei Population - Jajapur, Orissa

Palei is a large village located in Balichandrapur Block of Jajapur district, Orissa with total 818 families residing. The Palei village has population of 2967 of which 1487 are males while 1480 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palei village population of children with age 0-6 is 361 which makes up 12.17 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palei village is 995 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Palei as per census is 805, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Palei village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Palei village was 79.13 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Palei Male literacy stands at 86.01 % while female literacy rate was 72.40 %.

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

Palei Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	818	-	-
Population	2,967	1,487	1,480
Child (0-6)	361	200	161
Schedule Caste	1,165	578	587
Schedule Tribe	9	2	7
Literacy	79.13 %	86.01 %	72.40 %
Total Workers	825	769	56
Main Worker	787	-	-
Marginal Worker	38	18	20

Caste Factor

In Palei village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 39.27 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.30 % of total population in Palei village.

Work Profile

In Palei village out of total population, 825 were engaged in work activities. 95.39 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.61 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 825 workers engaged in Main Work, 107 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 531 were Agricultural labourer.