Palam Population - Bastar, Chhattisgarh

Palam is a medium size village located in Lohandiguda Tehsil of Bastar district, Chhattisgarh with total 48 families residing. The Palam village has population of 207 of which 97 are males while 110 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palam village population of children with age 0-6 is 52 which makes up 25.12 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palam village is 1134 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Palam as per census is 1167, higher than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Palam village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Palam village was 25.81 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Palam Male literacy stands at 30.14 % while female literacy rate was 21.95 %.

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

Palam Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	48	-	-
Population	207	97	110
Child (0-6)	52	24	28
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	189	89	100
Literacy	25.81 %	30.14 %	21.95 %
Total Workers	138	67	71
Main Worker	71	-	-
Marginal Worker	67	14	53

Caste Factor

In Palam village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 91.30 % of total population in Palam village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Palam village of Bastar.

Work Profile

In Palam village out of total population, 138 were engaged in work activities. 51.45 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 48.55 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 138 workers engaged in Main Work, 55 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 16 were Agricultural labourer.