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Palo Population - Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Palo is a medium size village located in Theog Tehsil of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh with total 52 families residing. The Palo village has population of 264 of which 137 are males while 127 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palo village population of children with age 0-6 is 33 which makes up 12.50 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palo village is 927 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Palo as per census is 941, higher than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Palo village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Palo village was 76.19 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Palo Male literacy stands at 83.33 % while female literacy rate was 68.47 %.

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

Palo Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 52 - -
Population 264 137 127
Child (0-6) 33 17 16
Schedule Caste 57 30 27
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 76.19 % 83.33 % 68.47 %
Total Workers 174 92 82
Main Worker 151 - -
Marginal Worker 23 12 11

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 21.59 % of total population in Palo village. The village Palo currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Palo village out of total population, 174 were engaged in work activities. 86.78 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 13.22 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 174 workers engaged in Main Work, 119 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 20 were Agricultural labourer.