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Palakua Population - Gajapati, Orissa

Palakua is a medium size village located in Adva Block of Gajapati district, Orissa with total 80 families residing. The Palakua village has population of 365 of which 185 are males while 180 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palakua village population of children with age 0-6 is 75 which makes up 20.55 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palakua village is 973 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Palakua as per census is 744, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Palakua village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Palakua village was 21.72 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Palakua Male literacy stands at 26.76 % while female literacy rate was 16.89 %.

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

Palakua Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 80 - -
Population 365 185 180
Child (0-6) 75 43 32
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 354 180 174
Literacy 21.72 % 26.76 % 16.89 %
Total Workers 219 103 116
Main Worker 71 - -
Marginal Worker 148 43 105

Caste Factor

In Palakua village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 96.99 % of total population in Palakua village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Palakua village of Gajapati.

Work Profile

In Palakua village out of total population, 219 were engaged in work activities. 32.42 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 67.58 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 219 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 62 were Agricultural labourer.