Pala Population - Mayurbhanj, Orissa

Pala is a medium size village located in Suliapada Block of Mayurbhanj district, Orissa with total 118 families residing. The Pala village has population of 554 of which 290 are males while 264 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pala village population of children with age 0-6 is 63 which makes up 11.37 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pala village is 910 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Pala as per census is 969, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Pala village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Pala village was 56.82 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Pala Male literacy stands at 74.42 % while female literacy rate was 37.34 %.

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

Pala Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	118	-	-
Population	554	290	264
Child (0-6)	63	32	31
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	537	279	258
Literacy	56.82 %	74.42 %	37.34 %
Total Workers	294	150	144
Main Worker	125	-	-
Marginal Worker	169	41	128

Caste Factor

In Pala village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 96.93 % of total population in Pala village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Pala village of Mayurbhanj.

Work Profile

In Pala village out of total population, 294 were engaged in work activities. 42.52 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 57.48 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 294 workers engaged in Main Work, 92 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 8 were Agricultural labourer.