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Palhoon Population - Kangra, Himachal Pradesh

Palhoon is a medium size village located in Baijnath Tehsil of Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh with total 71 families residing. The Palhoon village has population of 282 of which 130 are males while 152 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palhoon village population of children with age 0-6 is 27 which makes up 9.57 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palhoon village is 1169 which is higher than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Palhoon as per census is 1700, higher than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Palhoon village has higher literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Palhoon village was 88.24 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Palhoon Male literacy stands at 93.33 % while female literacy rate was 83.70 %.

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

Palhoon Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 71 - -
Population 282 130 152
Child (0-6) 27 10 17
Schedule Caste 106 46 60
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 88.24 % 93.33 % 83.70 %
Total Workers 67 62 5
Main Worker 52 - -
Marginal Worker 15 15 0

Caste Factor

In Palhoon village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 37.59 % of total population in Palhoon village. The village Palhoon currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Palhoon village out of total population, 67 were engaged in work activities. 77.61 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 22.39 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 67 workers engaged in Main Work, 4 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.