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Palkarwadi Population - Sindhudurg, Maharashtra

Palkarwadi is a medium size village located in Vengurla Taluka of Sindhudurg district, Maharashtra with total 411 families residing. The Palkarwadi village has population of 1596 of which 773 are males while 823 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palkarwadi village population of children with age 0-6 is 138 which makes up 8.65 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palkarwadi village is 1065 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Palkarwadi as per census is 971, higher than Maharashtra average of 894.

Palkarwadi village has higher literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Palkarwadi village was 83.54 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Palkarwadi Male literacy stands at 90.33 % while female literacy rate was 77.22 %.

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

Palkarwadi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 411 - -
Population 1,596 773 823
Child (0-6) 138 70 68
Schedule Caste 6 4 2
Schedule Tribe 29 23 6
Literacy 83.54 % 90.33 % 77.22 %
Total Workers 632 460 172
Main Worker 607 - -
Marginal Worker 25 13 12

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 1.82 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.38 % of total population in Palkarwadi village.

Work Profile

In Palkarwadi village out of total population, 632 were engaged in work activities. 96.04 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.96 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 632 workers engaged in Main Work, 145 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 288 were Agricultural labourer.