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Palapur Population - Nabarangapur, Orissa

Palapur is a medium size village located in Paparahandi Block of Nabarangapur district, Orissa with total 387 families residing. The Palapur village has population of 1673 of which 828 are males while 845 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palapur village population of children with age 0-6 is 315 which makes up 18.83 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palapur village is 1021 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Palapur as per census is 994, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Palapur village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Palapur village was 40.94 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Palapur Male literacy stands at 51.79 % while female literacy rate was 30.38 %.

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

Palapur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 387 - -
Population 1,673 828 845
Child (0-6) 315 158 157
Schedule Caste 127 65 62
Schedule Tribe 918 449 469
Literacy 40.94 % 51.79 % 30.38 %
Total Workers 839 496 343
Main Worker 481 - -
Marginal Worker 358 55 303

Caste Factor

In Palapur village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 54.87 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 7.59 % of total population in Palapur village.

Work Profile

In Palapur village out of total population, 839 were engaged in work activities. 57.33 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 42.67 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 839 workers engaged in Main Work, 225 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 60 were Agricultural labourer.