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Palaunjia Population - Giridih, Jharkhand

Palaunjia is a medium size village located in Birni Block of Giridih district, Jharkhand with total 140 families residing. The Palaunjia village has population of 847 of which 416 are males while 431 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palaunjia village population of children with age 0-6 is 153 which makes up 18.06 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palaunjia village is 1036 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Palaunjia as per census is 1318, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Palaunjia village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Palaunjia village was 65.71 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Palaunjia Male literacy stands at 76.86 % while female literacy rate was 54.36 %.

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

Palaunjia Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 140 - -
Population 847 416 431
Child (0-6) 153 66 87
Schedule Caste 88 47 41
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 65.71 % 76.86 % 54.36 %
Total Workers 205 189 16
Main Worker 187 - -
Marginal Worker 18 14 4

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 10.39 % of total population in Palaunjia village. The village Palaunjia currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Palaunjia village out of total population, 205 were engaged in work activities. 91.22 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 8.78 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 205 workers engaged in Main Work, 87 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 20 were Agricultural labourer.