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Palgaon Population - Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh

Palgaon is a medium size village located in Nagri Tehsil of Dhamtari district, Chhattisgarh with total 70 families residing. The Palgaon village has population of 348 of which 175 are males while 173 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palgaon village population of children with age 0-6 is 61 which makes up 17.53 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palgaon village is 989 which is lower than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Palgaon as per census is 1103, higher than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Palgaon village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Palgaon village was 44.95 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Palgaon Male literacy stands at 50.00 % while female literacy rate was 39.72 %.

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

Palgaon Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 70 - -
Population 348 175 173
Child (0-6) 61 29 32
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 308 154 154
Literacy 44.95 % 50.00 % 39.72 %
Total Workers 197 100 97
Main Worker 184 - -
Marginal Worker 13 4 9

Caste Factor

In Palgaon village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 88.51 % of total population in Palgaon village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Palgaon village of Dhamtari.

Work Profile

In Palgaon village out of total population, 197 were engaged in work activities. 93.40 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.60 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 197 workers engaged in Main Work, 152 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 14 were Agricultural labourer.