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Palewa Population - Kanker, Chhattisgarh

Palewa is a medium size village located in Charama Tehsil of Kanker district, Chhattisgarh with total 252 families residing. The Palewa village has population of 1159 of which 504 are males while 655 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palewa village population of children with age 0-6 is 111 which makes up 9.58 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palewa village is 1300 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Palewa as per census is 1362, higher than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Palewa village has higher literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Palewa village was 80.34 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Palewa Male literacy stands at 90.15 % while female literacy rate was 72.76 %.

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

Palewa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 252 - -
Population 1,159 504 655
Child (0-6) 111 47 64
Schedule Caste 17 9 8
Schedule Tribe 1,015 435 580
Literacy 80.34 % 90.15 % 72.76 %
Total Workers 525 323 202
Main Worker 484 - -
Marginal Worker 41 37 4

Caste Factor

In Palewa village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 87.58 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 1.47 % of total population in Palewa village.

Work Profile

In Palewa village out of total population, 525 were engaged in work activities. 92.19 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 7.81 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 525 workers engaged in Main Work, 217 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 203 were Agricultural labourer.