Palanga Population - Ganjam, Orissa

Palanga is a medium size village located in RAMBHA Block of Ganjam district, Orissa with total 178 families residing. The Palanga village has population of 776 of which 412 are males while 364 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palanga village population of children with age 0-6 is 102 which makes up 13.14 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palanga village is 883 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Palanga as per census is 889, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Palanga village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Palanga village was 80.42 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Palanga Male literacy stands at 89.94 % while female literacy rate was 69.62 %.

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

Palanga Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	178	-	-
Population	776	412	364
Child (0-6)	102	54	48
Schedule Caste	319	171	148
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	80.42 %	89.94 %	69.62 %
Total Workers	284	221	63
Main Worker	205	-	-
Marginal Worker	79	41	38

Caste Factor

In Palanga village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 41.11 % of total population in Palanga village. The village Palanga currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Palanga village out of total population, 284 were engaged in work activities. 72.18 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 27.82 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 284 workers engaged in Main Work, 55 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 60 were Agricultural labourer.