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Palah Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Palah is a medium size village located in Pathankot Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 109 families residing. The Palah village has population of 553 of which 294 are males while 259 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palah village population of children with age 0-6 is 62 which makes up 11.21 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palah village is 881 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Palah as per census is 824, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Palah village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Palah village was 70.47 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Palah Male literacy stands at 75.77 % while female literacy rate was 64.50 %.

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

Palah Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 109 - -
Population 553 294 259
Child (0-6) 62 34 28
Schedule Caste 286 149 137
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 70.47 % 75.77 % 64.50 %
Total Workers 164 158 6
Main Worker 144 - -
Marginal Worker 20 17 3

Caste Factor

In Palah village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 51.72 % of total population in Palah village. The village Palah currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Palah village out of total population, 164 were engaged in work activities. 87.80 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 12.20 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 164 workers engaged in Main Work, 58 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 45 were Agricultural labourer.