Palma Population - Giridih, Jharkhand

Palma is a medium size village located in Gawan Block of Giridih district, Jharkhand with total 41 families residing. The Palma village has population of 214 of which 106 are males while 108 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palma village population of children with age 0-6 is 37 which makes up 17.29 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palma village is 1019 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Palma as per census is 542, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Palma village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Palma village was 44.07 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Palma Male literacy stands at 57.32 % while female literacy rate was 32.63 %.

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

Palma Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	41	-	-
Population	214	106	108
Child (0-6)	37	24	13
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	198	98	100
Literacy	44.07 %	57.32 %	32.63 %
Total Workers	171	81	90
Main Worker	59	-	-
Marginal Worker	112	30	82

Caste Factor

In Palma village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 92.52 % of total population in Palma village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Palma village of Giridih.

Work Profile

In Palma village out of total population, 171 were engaged in work activities. 34.50 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 65.50 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 171 workers engaged in Main Work, 27 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 32 were Agricultural labourer.