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Palu Population - Ranchi, Jharkhand

Palu is a medium size village located in Ormanjhi Block of Ranchi district, Jharkhand with total 159 families residing. The Palu village has population of 805 of which 420 are males while 385 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palu village population of children with age 0-6 is 113 which makes up 14.04 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palu village is 917 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Palu as per census is 915, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Palu village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Palu village was 76.16 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Palu Male literacy stands at 86.70 % while female literacy rate was 64.65 %.

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

Palu Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 159 - -
Population 805 420 385
Child (0-6) 113 59 54
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 439 230 209
Literacy 76.16 % 86.70 % 64.65 %
Total Workers 317 208 109
Main Worker 117 - -
Marginal Worker 200 115 85

Caste Factor

In Palu village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 54.53 % of total population in Palu village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Palu village of Ranchi.

Work Profile

In Palu village out of total population, 317 were engaged in work activities. 36.91 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 63.09 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 317 workers engaged in Main Work, 35 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 34 were Agricultural labourer.