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Palita Population - Birbhum, West Bengal

Palita is a large village located in Nanoor Block of Birbhum district, West Bengal with total 487 families residing. The Palita village has population of 2303 of which 1191 are males while 1112 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palita village population of children with age 0-6 is 290 which makes up 12.59 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palita village is 934 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Palita as per census is 946, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Palita village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Palita village was 80.28 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Palita Male literacy stands at 84.64 % while female literacy rate was 75.59 %.

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

Palita Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 487 - -
Population 2,303 1,191 1,112
Child (0-6) 290 149 141
Schedule Caste 286 152 134
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 80.28 % 84.64 % 75.59 %
Total Workers 1,026 755 271
Main Worker 882 - -
Marginal Worker 144 31 113

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 12.42 % of total population in Palita village. The village Palita currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Palita village out of total population, 1026 were engaged in work activities. 85.96 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 14.04 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1026 workers engaged in Main Work, 358 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 312 were Agricultural labourer.