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Palmeta Population - Malkangiri, Orissa

Palmeta is a medium size village located in Malkangiri Block of Malkangiri district, Orissa with total 119 families residing. The Palmeta village has population of 650 of which 334 are males while 316 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palmeta village population of children with age 0-6 is 146 which makes up 22.46 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palmeta village is 946 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Palmeta as per census is 872, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Palmeta village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Palmeta village was 30.75 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Palmeta Male literacy stands at 45.31 % while female literacy rate was 15.73 %.

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

Palmeta Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 119 - -
Population 650 334 316
Child (0-6) 146 78 68
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 650 334 316
Literacy 30.75 % 45.31 % 15.73 %
Total Workers 328 153 175
Main Worker 121 - -
Marginal Worker 207 34 173

Caste Factor

In Palmeta village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Palmeta village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Palmeta village of Malkangiri.

Work Profile

In Palmeta village out of total population, 328 were engaged in work activities. 36.89 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 63.11 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 328 workers engaged in Main Work, 91 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 26 were Agricultural labourer.