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Palapatana Population - Kendrapara, Orissa

Palapatana is a large village located in Pattamundai Block of Kendrapara district, Orissa with total 636 families residing. The Palapatana village has population of 3226 of which 1466 are males while 1760 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palapatana village population of children with age 0-6 is 391 which makes up 12.12 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palapatana village is 1201 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Palapatana as per census is 1058, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Palapatana village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Palapatana village was 87.87 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Palapatana Male literacy stands at 93.26 % while female literacy rate was 83.45 %.

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

Palapatana Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 636 - -
Population 3,226 1,466 1,760
Child (0-6) 391 190 201
Schedule Caste 559 271 288
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 87.87 % 93.26 % 83.45 %
Total Workers 695 656 39
Main Worker 428 - -
Marginal Worker 267 246 21

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 17.33 % of total population in Palapatana village. The village Palapatana currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Palapatana village out of total population, 695 were engaged in work activities. 61.58 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 38.42 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 695 workers engaged in Main Work, 194 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 79 were Agricultural labourer.