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Palmo Population - Giridih, Jharkhand

Palmo is a medium size village located in Giridih Block of Giridih district, Jharkhand with total 311 families residing. The Palmo village has population of 1522 of which 778 are males while 744 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palmo village population of children with age 0-6 is 266 which makes up 17.48 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palmo village is 956 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Palmo as per census is 834, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Palmo village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Palmo village was 60.43 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Palmo Male literacy stands at 71.72 % while female literacy rate was 48.96 %.

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

Palmo Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 311 - -
Population 1,522 778 744
Child (0-6) 266 145 121
Schedule Caste 193 106 87
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 60.43 % 71.72 % 48.96 %
Total Workers 542 427 115
Main Worker 206 - -
Marginal Worker 336 232 104

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 12.68 % of total population in Palmo village. The village Palmo currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Palmo village out of total population, 542 were engaged in work activities. 38.01 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 61.99 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 542 workers engaged in Main Work, 19 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 7 were Agricultural labourer.