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Palasia Population - Baleshwar, Orissa

Palasia is a medium size village located in Baleshwar Sadar Block of Baleshwar district, Orissa with total 79 families residing. The Palasia village has population of 289 of which 157 are males while 132 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palasia village population of children with age 0-6 is 36 which makes up 12.46 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palasia village is 841 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Palasia as per census is 333, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Palasia village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Palasia village was 69.17 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Palasia Male literacy stands at 76.15 % while female literacy rate was 61.79 %.

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 79 - -
Population 289 157 132
Child (0-6) 36 27 9
Schedule Caste 60 32 28
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 69.17 % 76.15 % 61.79 %
Total Workers 97 92 5
Main Worker 84 - -
Marginal Worker 13 12 1

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 20.76 % of total population in Palasia village. The village Palasia currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Palasia village out of total population, 97 were engaged in work activities. 86.60 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 13.40 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 97 workers engaged in Main Work, 34 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.