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Palkhanda Population - Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh

Palkhanda is a medium size village located in Shamgarh Tehsil of Mandsaur district, Madhya Pradesh with total 161 families residing. The Palkhanda village has population of 655 of which 364 are males while 291 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palkhanda village population of children with age 0-6 is 103 which makes up 15.73 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palkhanda village is 799 which is lower than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Palkhanda as per census is 839, lower than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Palkhanda village has lower literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Palkhanda village was 55.25 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Palkhanda Male literacy stands at 71.10 % while female literacy rate was 35.25 %.

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

Palkhanda Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 161 - -
Population 655 364 291
Child (0-6) 103 56 47
Schedule Caste 364 210 154
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 55.25 % 71.10 % 35.25 %
Total Workers 355 194 161
Main Worker 101 - -
Marginal Worker 254 100 154

Caste Factor

In Palkhanda village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 55.57 % of total population in Palkhanda village. The village Palkhanda currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Palkhanda village out of total population, 355 were engaged in work activities. 28.45 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 71.55 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 355 workers engaged in Main Work, 78 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 16 were Agricultural labourer.