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Palan Population - Valsad, Gujarat

Palan is a medium size village located in Valsad Taluka of Valsad district, Gujarat with total 310 families residing. The Palan village has population of 1298 of which 651 are males while 647 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palan village population of children with age 0-6 is 110 which makes up 8.47 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palan village is 994 which is higher than Gujarat state average of 919. Child Sex Ratio for the Palan as per census is 774, lower than Gujarat average of 890.

Palan village has higher literacy rate compared to Gujarat. In 2011, literacy rate of Palan village was 82.58 % compared to 78.03 % of Gujarat. In Palan Male literacy stands at 86.59 % while female literacy rate was 78.63 %.

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

Palan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 310 - -
Population 1,298 651 647
Child (0-6) 110 62 48
Schedule Caste 12 5 7
Schedule Tribe 631 299 332
Literacy 82.58 % 86.59 % 78.63 %
Total Workers 634 373 261
Main Worker 268 - -
Marginal Worker 366 135 231

Caste Factor

In Palan village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 48.61 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.92 % of total population in Palan village.

Work Profile

In Palan village out of total population, 634 were engaged in work activities. 42.27 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 57.73 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 634 workers engaged in Main Work, 75 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 119 were Agricultural labourer.