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Palasapithia Population - Dhenkanal, Orissa

Palasapithia is a medium size village located in Bhuban Block of Dhenkanal district, Orissa with total 283 families residing. The Palasapithia village has population of 1280 of which 646 are males while 634 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palasapithia village population of children with age 0-6 is 155 which makes up 12.11 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palasapithia village is 981 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Palasapithia as per census is 890, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Palasapithia village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Palasapithia village was 72.00 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Palasapithia Male literacy stands at 79.43 % while female literacy rate was 64.53 %.

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

Palasapithia Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 283 - -
Population 1,280 646 634
Child (0-6) 155 82 73
Schedule Caste 172 84 88
Schedule Tribe 183 89 94
Literacy 72.00 % 79.43 % 64.53 %
Total Workers 359 251 108
Main Worker 107 - -
Marginal Worker 252 159 93

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 14.30 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 13.44 % of total population in Palasapithia village.

Work Profile

In Palasapithia village out of total population, 359 were engaged in work activities. 29.81 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 70.19 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 359 workers engaged in Main Work, 18 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.