Palasi Population - Dewas, Madhya Pradesh

Palasi is a medium size village located in Khategaon Tehsil of Dewas district, Madhya Pradesh with total 259 families residing. The Palasi village has population of 1349 of which 683 are males while 666 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palasi village population of children with age 0-6 is 259 which makes up 19.20 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palasi village is 975 which is higher than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Palasi as per census is 1056, higher than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Palasi village has lower literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Palasi village was 51.01 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Palasi Male literacy stands at 58.71 % while female literacy rate was 42.96 %.

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

Palasi Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	259	-	-
Population	1,349	683	666
Child (0-6)	259	126	133
Schedule Caste	168	87	81
Schedule Tribe	542	273	269
Literacy	51.01 %	58.71 %	42.96 %
Total Workers	1,023	522	501
Main Worker	276	-	-
Marginal Worker	747	257	490

Caste Factor

In Palasi village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 40.18 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 12.45 % of total population in Palasi village.

Work Profile

In Palasi village out of total population, 1023 were engaged in work activities. 26.98 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 73.02 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1023 workers engaged in Main Work, 180 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 90 were Agricultural labourer.