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Palsa Population - Katihar, Bihar

Palsa is a large village located in Azamnagar Block of Katihar district, Bihar with total 588 families residing. The Palsa village has population of 2628 of which 1376 are males while 1252 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palsa village population of children with age 0-6 is 475 which makes up 18.07 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palsa village is 910 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Palsa as per census is 1083, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Palsa village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Palsa village was 48.58 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Palsa Male literacy stands at 55.75 % while female literacy rate was 40.40 %.

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

Palsa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 588 - -
Population 2,628 1,376 1,252
Child (0-6) 475 228 247
Schedule Caste 490 247 243
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 48.58 % 55.75 % 40.40 %
Total Workers 821 681 140
Main Worker 728 - -
Marginal Worker 93 55 38

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 18.65 % of total population in Palsa village. The village Palsa currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Palsa village out of total population, 821 were engaged in work activities. 88.67 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 11.33 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 821 workers engaged in Main Work, 127 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 578 were Agricultural labourer.