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Palem Population - Dantewada, Chhattisgarh

Palem is a medium size village located in Chhindgarh Tehsil of Dantewada district, Chhattisgarh with total 185 families residing. The Palem village has population of 825 of which 382 are males while 443 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palem village population of children with age 0-6 is 140 which makes up 16.97 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palem village is 1160 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Palem as per census is 1188, higher than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Palem village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Palem village was 43.50 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Palem Male literacy stands at 57.55 % while female literacy rate was 31.34 %.

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

Palem Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 185 - -
Population 825 382 443
Child (0-6) 140 64 76
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 793 368 425
Literacy 43.50 % 57.55 % 31.34 %
Total Workers 504 235 269
Main Worker 239 - -
Marginal Worker 265 63 202

Caste Factor

In Palem village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 96.12 % of total population in Palem village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Palem village of Dantewada.

Work Profile

In Palem village out of total population, 504 were engaged in work activities. 47.42 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 52.58 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 504 workers engaged in Main Work, 173 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 50 were Agricultural labourer.