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Masit Palkot Population - Hoshiarpur, Punjab

Masit Palkot is a medium size village located in Dasua Tehsil of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab with total 398 families residing. The Masit Palkot village has population of 1855 of which 953 are males while 902 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Masit Palkot village population of children with age 0-6 is 175 which makes up 9.43 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Masit Palkot village is 946 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Masit Palkot as per census is 966, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Masit Palkot village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Masit Palkot village was 85.18 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Masit Palkot Male literacy stands at 88.66 % while female literacy rate was 81.50 %.

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

Masit Palkot Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 398 - -
Population 1,855 953 902
Child (0-6) 175 89 86
Schedule Caste 769 393 376
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 85.18 % 88.66 % 81.50 %
Total Workers 555 449 106
Main Worker 522 - -
Marginal Worker 33 25 8

Caste Factor

In Masit Palkot village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 41.46 % of total population in Masit Palkot village. The village Masit Palkot currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Masit Palkot village out of total population, 555 were engaged in work activities. 94.05 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.95 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 555 workers engaged in Main Work, 105 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 104 were Agricultural labourer.