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Palpisa Population - Dumka, Jharkhand

Palpisa is a medium size village located in Ranishwar Block of Dumka district, Jharkhand with total 132 families residing. The Palpisa village has population of 670 of which 314 are males while 356 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palpisa village population of children with age 0-6 is 120 which makes up 17.91 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palpisa village is 1134 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Palpisa as per census is 1034, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Palpisa village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Palpisa village was 36.18 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Palpisa Male literacy stands at 45.88 % while female literacy rate was 27.80 %.

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

Palpisa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 132 - -
Population 670 314 356
Child (0-6) 120 59 61
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 661 310 351
Literacy 36.18 % 45.88 % 27.80 %
Total Workers 337 178 159
Main Worker 15 - -
Marginal Worker 322 166 156

Caste Factor

In Palpisa village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.66 % of total population in Palpisa village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Palpisa village of Dumka.

Work Profile

In Palpisa village out of total population, 337 were engaged in work activities. 4.45 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 95.55 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 337 workers engaged in Main Work, 11 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.