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Palanki Population - Nawada, Bihar

Palanki is a medium size village located in Rajauli Block of Nawada district, Bihar with total 143 families residing. The Palanki village has population of 1123 of which 564 are males while 559 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palanki village population of children with age 0-6 is 245 which makes up 21.82 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palanki village is 991 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Palanki as per census is 1149, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Palanki village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Palanki village was 46.70 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Palanki Male literacy stands at 64.44 % while female literacy rate was 28.04 %.

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

Palanki Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 143 - -
Population 1,123 564 559
Child (0-6) 245 114 131
Schedule Caste 365 178 187
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 46.70 % 64.44 % 28.04 %
Total Workers 262 249 13
Main Worker 220 - -
Marginal Worker 42 42 0

Caste Factor

Palanki village of Nawada has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 32.50 % of total population in Palanki village. The village Palanki currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Palanki village out of total population, 262 were engaged in work activities. 83.97 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 16.03 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 262 workers engaged in Main Work, 78 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 48 were Agricultural labourer.