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Palma Population - Giridih, Jharkhand

Palma is a medium size village located in Pirtanr Block of Giridih district, Jharkhand with total 269 families residing. The Palma village has population of 1236 of which 640 are males while 596 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palma village population of children with age 0-6 is 236 which makes up 19.09 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palma village is 931 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Palma as per census is 844, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Palma village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Palma village was 50.70 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Palma Male literacy stands at 66.21 % while female literacy rate was 34.43 %.

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 269 - -
Population 1,236 640 596
Child (0-6) 236 128 108
Schedule Caste 39 19 20
Schedule Tribe 801 413 388
Literacy 50.70 % 66.21 % 34.43 %
Total Workers 594 328 266
Main Worker 45 - -
Marginal Worker 549 290 259

Caste Factor

In Palma village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 64.81 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 3.16 % of total population in Palma village.

Work Profile

In Palma village out of total population, 594 were engaged in work activities. 7.58 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 92.42 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 594 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.