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Palana Population - Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Palana is a small village located in Theog Tehsil of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh with total 40 families residing. The Palana village has population of 180 of which 96 are males while 84 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palana village population of children with age 0-6 is 13 which makes up 7.22 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palana village is 875 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Palana as per census is 857, lower than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Palana village has higher literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Palana village was 83.23 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Palana Male literacy stands at 94.38 % while female literacy rate was 70.51 %.

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

Palana Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 40 - -
Population 180 96 84
Child (0-6) 13 7 6
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 83.23 % 94.38 % 70.51 %
Total Workers 114 61 53
Main Worker 8 - -
Marginal Worker 106 55 51

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Palana village of Shimla district.

Work Profile

In Palana village out of total population, 114 were engaged in work activities. 7.02 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 92.98 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 114 workers engaged in Main Work, 3 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.