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Palaskhed Population - Washim, Maharashtra

Palaskhed is a medium size village located in Risod Taluka of Washim district, Maharashtra with total 324 families residing. The Palaskhed village has population of 1554 of which 805 are males while 749 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palaskhed village population of children with age 0-6 is 208 which makes up 13.38 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palaskhed village is 930 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Palaskhed as per census is 857, lower than Maharashtra average of 894.

Palaskhed village has lower literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Palaskhed village was 76.52 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Palaskhed Male literacy stands at 86.29 % while female literacy rate was 66.16 %.

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

Palaskhed Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 324 - -
Population 1,554 805 749
Child (0-6) 208 112 96
Schedule Caste 457 242 215
Schedule Tribe 15 6 9
Literacy 76.52 % 86.29 % 66.16 %
Total Workers 771 428 343
Main Worker 641 - -
Marginal Worker 130 69 61

Caste Factor

Palaskhed village of Washim has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 29.41 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.97 % of total population in Palaskhed village.

Work Profile

In Palaskhed village out of total population, 771 were engaged in work activities. 83.14 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 16.86 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 771 workers engaged in Main Work, 262 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 297 were Agricultural labourer.