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Palkheda Population - Gadchiroli, Maharashtra

Palkheda is a medium size village located in Dhanora Taluka of Gadchiroli district, Maharashtra with total 66 families residing. The Palkheda village has population of 268 of which 149 are males while 119 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palkheda village population of children with age 0-6 is 28 which makes up 10.45 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palkheda village is 799 which is lower than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Palkheda as per census is 647, lower than Maharashtra average of 894.

Palkheda village has lower literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Palkheda village was 78.75 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Palkheda Male literacy stands at 87.88 % while female literacy rate was 67.59 %.

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

Palkheda Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 66 - -
Population 268 149 119
Child (0-6) 28 17 11
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 249 138 111
Literacy 78.75 % 87.88 % 67.59 %
Total Workers 175 92 83
Main Worker 103 - -
Marginal Worker 72 4 68

Caste Factor

In Palkheda village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 92.91 % of total population in Palkheda village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Palkheda village of Gadchiroli.

Work Profile

In Palkheda village out of total population, 175 were engaged in work activities. 58.86 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 41.14 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 175 workers engaged in Main Work, 99 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.