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Palania Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Palania is a medium size village located in Dantan - I Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 54 families residing. The Palania village has population of 244 of which 125 are males while 119 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palania village population of children with age 0-6 is 20 which makes up 8.20 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palania village is 952 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Palania as per census is 818, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Palania village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Palania village was 70.98 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Palania Male literacy stands at 74.56 % while female literacy rate was 67.27 %.

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

Palania Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 54 - -
Population 244 125 119
Child (0-6) 20 11 9
Schedule Caste 96 49 47
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 70.98 % 74.56 % 67.27 %
Total Workers 75 71 4
Main Worker 70 - -
Marginal Worker 5 3 2

Caste Factor

In Palania village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 39.34 % of total population in Palania village. The village Palania currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Palania village out of total population, 75 were engaged in work activities. 93.33 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.67 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 75 workers engaged in Main Work, 52 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 15 were Agricultural labourer.