Palchiguri Population - Baksa, Assam

Palchiguri is a medium size village located in Sarupeta Circle of Baksa district, Assam with total 169 families residing. The Palchiguri village has population of 981 of which 470 are males while 511 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palchiguri village population of children with age 0-6 is 117 which makes up 11.93 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palchiguri village is 1087 which is higher than Assam state average of 958. Child Sex Ratio for the Palchiguri as per census is 918, lower than Assam average of 962.

Palchiguri village has lower literacy rate compared to Assam. In 2011, literacy rate of Palchiguri village was 55.67 % compared to 72.19 % of Assam. In Palchiguri Male literacy stands at 65.28 % while female literacy rate was 47.03 %.

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

Palchiguri Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	169	-	-
Population	981	470	511
Child (0-6)	117	61	56
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	456	218	238
Literacy	55.67 %	65.28 %	47.03 %
Total Workers	356	202	154
Main Worker	214	-	-
Marginal Worker	142	16	126

Caste Factor

In Palchiguri village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 46.48 % of total population in Palchiguri village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Palchiguri village of Baksa.

Work Profile

In Palchiguri village out of total population, 356 were engaged in work activities. 60.11 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 39.89 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 356 workers engaged in Main Work, 174 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 17 were Agricultural labourer.