Palmi Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Palmi is a medium size village located in Manbazar - I Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 246 families residing. The Palmi village has population of 1039 of which 522 are males while 517 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palmi village population of children with age 0-6 is 135 which makes up 12.99 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palmi village is 990 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Palmi as per census is 849, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Palmi village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Palmi village was 61.95 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Palmi Male literacy stands at 74.83 % while female literacy rate was 49.23 %.

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

Palmi Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	246	-	-
Population	1,039	522	517
Child (0-6)	135	73	62
Schedule Caste	574	291	283
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	61.95 %	74.83 %	49.23 %
Total Workers	667	346	321
Main Worker	328	-	-
Marginal Worker	339	172	167

Caste Factor

In Palmi village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 55.25 % of total population in Palmi village. The village Palmi currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Palmi village out of total population, 667 were engaged in work activities. 49.18 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 50.82 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 667 workers engaged in Main Work, 2 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 231 were Agricultural labourer.