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Palki Population - Kalahandi, Orissa

Palki is a medium size village located in Lanjigarh Block of Kalahandi district, Orissa with total 47 families residing. The Palki village has population of 215 of which 116 are males while 99 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palki village population of children with age 0-6 is 50 which makes up 23.26 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palki village is 853 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Palki as per census is 923, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Palki village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Palki village was 14.55 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Palki Male literacy stands at 18.89 % while female literacy rate was 9.33 %.

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

Palki Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 47 - -
Population 215 116 99
Child (0-6) 50 26 24
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 213 114 99
Literacy 14.55 % 18.89 % 9.33 %
Total Workers 137 75 62
Main Worker 100 - -
Marginal Worker 37 19 18

Caste Factor

In Palki village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.07 % of total population in Palki village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Palki village of Kalahandi.

Work Profile

In Palki village out of total population, 137 were engaged in work activities. 72.99 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 27.01 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 137 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 100 were Agricultural labourer.