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Palma Population - Deoghar, Jharkhand

Palma is a medium size village located in Sarath Block of Deoghar district, Jharkhand with total 283 families residing. The Palma village has population of 1590 of which 793 are males while 797 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palma village population of children with age 0-6 is 256 which makes up 16.10 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palma village is 1005 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Palma as per census is 969, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Palma village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Palma village was 50.97 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Palma Male literacy stands at 66.06 % while female literacy rate was 36.07 %.

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

Palma Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 283 - -
Population 1,590 793 797
Child (0-6) 256 130 126
Schedule Caste 216 104 112
Schedule Tribe 765 359 406
Literacy 50.97 % 66.06 % 36.07 %
Total Workers 645 388 257
Main Worker 81 - -
Marginal Worker 564 317 247

Caste Factor

In Palma village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 48.11 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 13.58 % of total population in Palma village.

Work Profile

In Palma village out of total population, 645 were engaged in work activities. 12.56 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 87.44 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 645 workers engaged in Main Work, 29 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.