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Palpal Population - Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh

Palpal is a medium size village located in Bhoranj Tehsil of Hamirpur district, Himachal Pradesh with total 90 families residing. The Palpal village has population of 345 of which 164 are males while 181 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palpal village population of children with age 0-6 is 30 which makes up 8.70 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palpal village is 1104 which is higher than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Palpal as per census is 500, lower than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Palpal village has higher literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Palpal village was 92.06 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Palpal Male literacy stands at 97.92 % while female literacy rate was 87.13 %.

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

Palpal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 90 - -
Population 345 164 181
Child (0-6) 30 20 10
Schedule Caste 135 70 65
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 92.06 % 97.92 % 87.13 %
Total Workers 62 55 7
Main Worker 33 - -
Marginal Worker 29 28 1

Caste Factor

In Palpal village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 39.13 % of total population in Palpal village. The village Palpal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Palpal village out of total population, 62 were engaged in work activities. 53.23 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 46.77 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 62 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.