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Palasahi Population - Dhenkanal, Orissa

Palasahi is a medium size village located in Parajang Block of Dhenkanal district, Orissa with total 333 families residing. The Palasahi village has population of 1283 of which 594 are males while 689 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palasahi village population of children with age 0-6 is 154 which makes up 12.00 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palasahi village is 1160 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Palasahi as per census is 925, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Palasahi village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Palasahi village was 73.52 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Palasahi Male literacy stands at 86.38 % while female literacy rate was 62.76 %.

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

Palasahi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 333 - -
Population 1,283 594 689
Child (0-6) 154 80 74
Schedule Caste 88 40 48
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 73.52 % 86.38 % 62.76 %
Total Workers 366 330 36
Main Worker 330 - -
Marginal Worker 36 17 19

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 6.86 % of total population in Palasahi village. The village Palasahi currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Palasahi village out of total population, 366 were engaged in work activities. 90.16 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 9.84 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 366 workers engaged in Main Work, 154 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 13 were Agricultural labourer.