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Palsa Population - Khunti, Jharkhand

Palsa is a medium size village located in Karra Block of Khunti district, Jharkhand with total 62 families residing. The Palsa village has population of 350 of which 184 are males while 166 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palsa village population of children with age 0-6 is 48 which makes up 13.71 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palsa village is 902 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Palsa as per census is 1000, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Palsa village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Palsa village was 68.21 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Palsa Male literacy stands at 75.00 % while female literacy rate was 60.56 %.

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

Palsa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 62 - -
Population 350 184 166
Child (0-6) 48 24 24
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 349 183 166
Literacy 68.21 % 75.00 % 60.56 %
Total Workers 147 76 71
Main Worker 146 - -
Marginal Worker 1 0 1

Caste Factor

In Palsa village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.71 % of total population in Palsa village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Palsa village of Khunti.

Work Profile

In Palsa village out of total population, 147 were engaged in work activities. 99.32 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.68 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 147 workers engaged in Main Work, 144 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.