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Palan Population - Birbhum, West Bengal

Palan is a medium size village located in Mohammad Bazar Block of Birbhum district, West Bengal with total 336 families residing. The Palan village has population of 1567 of which 819 are males while 748 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palan village population of children with age 0-6 is 273 which makes up 17.42 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palan village is 913 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Palan as per census is 832, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Palan village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Palan village was 59.66 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Palan Male literacy stands at 67.76 % while female literacy rate was 50.96 %.

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

Palan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 336 - -
Population 1,567 819 748
Child (0-6) 273 149 124
Schedule Caste 639 336 303
Schedule Tribe 256 134 122
Literacy 59.66 % 67.76 % 50.96 %
Total Workers 440 407 33
Main Worker 205 - -
Marginal Worker 235 207 28

Caste Factor

In Palan village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 40.78 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 16.34 % of total population in Palan village.

Work Profile

In Palan village out of total population, 440 were engaged in work activities. 46.59 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 53.41 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 440 workers engaged in Main Work, 37 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 32 were Agricultural labourer.