Palekha Population - Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh

Palekha is a large village located in Shamli Tehsil of Muzaffarnagar district, Uttar Pradesh with total 401 families residing. The Palekha village has population of 2498 of which 1363 are males while 1135 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palekha village population of children with age 0-6 is 291 which makes up 11.65 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palekha village is 833 which is lower than Uttar Pradesh state average of 912. Child Sex Ratio for the Palekha as per census is 890, lower than Uttar Pradesh average of 902.

Palekha village has higher literacy rate compared to Uttar Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Palekha village was 77.39 % compared to 67.68 % of Uttar Pradesh. In Palekha Male literacy stands at 88.83 % while female literacy rate was 63.53 %.

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

Palekha Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	401	-	-
Population	2,498	1,363	1,135
Child (0-6)	291	154	137
Schedule Caste	807	437	370
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	77.39 %	88.83 %	63.53 %
Total Workers	783	676	107
Main Worker	589	-	-
Marginal Worker	194	130	64

Caste Factor

Palekha village of Muzaffarnagar has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 32.31 % of total population in Palekha village. The village Palekha currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Palekha village out of total population, 783 were engaged in work activities. 75.22 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 24.78 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 783 workers engaged in Main Work, 200 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 164 were Agricultural labourer.