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Palya Population - Davanagere, Karnataka

Palya is a medium size village located in Harihar Taluka of Davanagere district, Karnataka with total 274 families residing. The Palya village has population of 1298 of which 620 are males while 678 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palya village population of children with age 0-6 is 149 which makes up 11.48 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palya village is 1094 which is higher than Karnataka state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Palya as per census is 1041, higher than Karnataka average of 948.

Palya village has lower literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Palya village was 70.23 % compared to 75.36 % of Karnataka. In Palya Male literacy stands at 80.62 % while female literacy rate was 60.80 %.

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

Palya Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 274 - -
Population 1,298 620 678
Child (0-6) 149 73 76
Schedule Caste 293 134 159
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 70.23 % 80.62 % 60.80 %
Total Workers 463 382 81
Main Worker 418 - -
Marginal Worker 45 25 20

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 22.57 % of total population in Palya village. The village Palya currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Palya village out of total population, 463 were engaged in work activities. 90.28 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 9.72 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 463 workers engaged in Main Work, 156 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 224 were Agricultural labourer.