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Palasia Population - Baleshwar, Orissa

Palasia is a medium size village located in Basta Block of Baleshwar district, Orissa with total 56 families residing. The Palasia village has population of 255 of which 136 are males while 119 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palasia village population of children with age 0-6 is 32 which makes up 12.55 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palasia village is 875 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Palasia as per census is 882, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Palasia village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Palasia village was 83.86 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Palasia Male literacy stands at 94.12 % while female literacy rate was 72.12 %.

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

Palasia Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 56 - -
Population 255 136 119
Child (0-6) 32 17 15
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 6 3 3
Literacy 83.86 % 94.12 % 72.12 %
Total Workers 88 81 7
Main Worker 85 - -
Marginal Worker 3 2 1

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 2.35 % of total population in Palasia village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Palasia village of Baleshwar.

Work Profile

In Palasia village out of total population, 88 were engaged in work activities. 96.59 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.41 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 88 workers engaged in Main Work, 42 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 11 were Agricultural labourer.