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Palra Population - Giridih, Jharkhand

Palra is a medium size village located in Jamua Block of Giridih district, Jharkhand with total 149 families residing. The Palra village has population of 988 of which 511 are males while 477 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palra village population of children with age 0-6 is 196 which makes up 19.84 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palra village is 933 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Palra as per census is 1178, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Palra village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Palra village was 64.14 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Palra Male literacy stands at 76.01 % while female literacy rate was 50.67 %.

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

Palra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 149 - -
Population 988 511 477
Child (0-6) 196 90 106
Schedule Caste 2 1 1
Schedule Tribe 349 190 159
Literacy 64.14 % 76.01 % 50.67 %
Total Workers 493 259 234
Main Worker 28 - -
Marginal Worker 465 233 232

Caste Factor

In Palra village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 35.32 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.20 % of total population in Palra village.

Work Profile

In Palra village out of total population, 493 were engaged in work activities. 5.68 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 94.32 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 493 workers engaged in Main Work, 3 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.