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Palra Population - Meerut, Uttar Pradesh

Palra is a large village located in Mawana Tehsil of Meerut district, Uttar Pradesh with total 319 families residing. The Palra village has population of 2334 of which 1292 are males while 1042 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palra village population of children with age 0-6 is 363 which makes up 15.55 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palra village is 807 which is lower than Uttar Pradesh state average of 912. Child Sex Ratio for the Palra as per census is 704, lower than Uttar Pradesh average of 902.

Palra village has higher literacy rate compared to Uttar Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Palra village was 71.84 % compared to 67.68 % of Uttar Pradesh. In Palra Male literacy stands at 85.82 % while female literacy rate was 54.93 %.

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

Palra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 319 - -
Population 2,334 1,292 1,042
Child (0-6) 363 213 150
Schedule Caste 646 352 294
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 71.84 % 85.82 % 54.93 %
Total Workers 1,496 802 694
Main Worker 492 - -
Marginal Worker 1,004 362 642

Caste Factor

Palra village of Meerut has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 27.68 % of total population in Palra village. The village Palra currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Palra village out of total population, 1496 were engaged in work activities. 32.89 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 67.11 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1496 workers engaged in Main Work, 226 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 54 were Agricultural labourer.