Palasi Population - Dumka, Jharkhand

Palasi is a medium size village located in Masalia Block of Dumka district, Jharkhand with total 93 families residing. The Palasi village has population of 468 of which 236 are males while 232 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palasi village population of children with age 0-6 is 73 which makes up 15.60 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palasi village is 983 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Palasi as per census is 780, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Palasi village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Palasi village was 59.24 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Palasi Male literacy stands at 74.36 % while female literacy rate was 44.50 %.

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

Palasi Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	93	-	-
Population	468	236	232
Child (0-6)	73	41	32
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	428	214	214
Literacy	59.24 %	74.36 %	44.50 %
Total Workers	317	158	159
Main Worker	24	-	-
Marginal Worker	293	136	157

Caste Factor

In Palasi village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 91.45 % of total population in Palasi village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Palasi village of Dumka.

Work Profile

In Palasi village out of total population, 317 were engaged in work activities. 7.57 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 92.43 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 317 workers engaged in Main Work, 13 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 11 were Agricultural labourer.