Palami Population - Kandhamal, Orissa

Palami is a medium size village located in Baliguda Block of Kandhamal district, Orissa with total 68 families residing. The Palami village has population of 307 of which 145 are males while 162 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palami village population of children with age 0-6 is 78 which makes up 25.41 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palami village is 1117 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Palami as per census is 1000, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Palami village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Palami village was 44.10 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Palami Male literacy stands at 62.26 % while female literacy rate was 28.46 %.

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

Palami Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	68	-	-
Population	307	145	162
Child (0-6)	78	39	39
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	295	139	156
Literacy	44.10 %	62.26 %	28.46 %
Total Workers	177	87	90
Main Worker	80	-	-
Marginal Worker	97	18	79

Caste Factor

In Palami village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 96.09 % of total population in Palami village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Palami village of Kandhamal.

Work Profile

In Palami village out of total population, 177 were engaged in work activities. 45.20 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 54.80 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 177 workers engaged in Main Work, 64 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.