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Palasa Population - Kendujhar, Orissa

Palasa is a medium size village located in Bamebari Block of Kendujhar district, Orissa with total 320 families residing. The Palasa village has population of 1294 of which 678 are males while 616 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palasa village population of children with age 0-6 is 286 which makes up 22.10 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palasa village is 909 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Palasa as per census is 882, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Palasa village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Palasa village was 45.44 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Palasa Male literacy stands at 58.75 % while female literacy rate was 30.91 %.

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 320 - -
Population 1,294 678 616
Child (0-6) 286 152 134
Schedule Caste 26 15 11
Schedule Tribe 766 407 359
Literacy 45.44 % 58.75 % 30.91 %
Total Workers 448 363 85
Main Worker 427 - -
Marginal Worker 21 15 6

Caste Factor

In Palasa village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 59.20 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 2.01 % of total population in Palasa village.

Work Profile

In Palasa village out of total population, 448 were engaged in work activities. 95.31 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.69 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 448 workers engaged in Main Work, 33 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.