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Palasa Population - Kendujhar, Orissa

Palasa is a medium size village located in Bamebari Block of Kendujhar district, Orissa with total 365 families residing. The Palasa village has population of 1681 of which 817 are males while 864 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palasa village population of children with age 0-6 is 320 which makes up 19.04 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palasa village is 1058 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Palasa as per census is 1051, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Palasa village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Palasa village was 50.70 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Palasa Male literacy stands at 62.93 % while female literacy rate was 39.14 %.

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

Palasa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 365 - -
Population 1,681 817 864
Child (0-6) 320 156 164
Schedule Caste 194 83 111
Schedule Tribe 914 427 487
Literacy 50.70 % 62.93 % 39.14 %
Total Workers 658 414 244
Main Worker 147 - -
Marginal Worker 511 296 215

Caste Factor

In Palasa village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 54.37 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 11.54 % of total population in Palasa village.

Work Profile

In Palasa village out of total population, 658 were engaged in work activities. 22.34 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 77.66 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 658 workers engaged in Main Work, 11 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.