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Palar Population - Jajapur, Orissa

Palar is a medium size village located in Dharmasala Block of Jajapur district, Orissa with total 190 families residing. The Palar village has population of 856 of which 427 are males while 429 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palar village population of children with age 0-6 is 120 which makes up 14.02 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palar village is 1005 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Palar as per census is 818, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Palar village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Palar village was 58.15 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Palar Male literacy stands at 69.81 % while female literacy rate was 46.93 %.

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

Palar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 190 - -
Population 856 427 429
Child (0-6) 120 66 54
Schedule Caste 36 17 19
Schedule Tribe 621 311 310
Literacy 58.15 % 69.81 % 46.93 %
Total Workers 244 221 23
Main Worker 189 - -
Marginal Worker 55 44 11

Caste Factor

In Palar village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 72.55 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 4.21 % of total population in Palar village.

Work Profile

In Palar village out of total population, 244 were engaged in work activities. 77.46 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 22.54 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 244 workers engaged in Main Work, 32 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 40 were Agricultural labourer.