Palka Population - Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh

Palka is a medium size village located in Mahoba Tehsil of Mahoba district, Uttar Pradesh with total 250 families residing. The Palka village has population of 1352 of which 715 are males while 637 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palka village population of children with age 0-6 is 241 which makes up 17.83 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palka village is 891 which is lower than Uttar Pradesh state average of 912. Child Sex Ratio for the Palka as per census is 944, higher than Uttar Pradesh average of 902.

Palka village has lower literacy rate compared to Uttar Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Palka village was 61.03 % compared to 67.68 % of Uttar Pradesh. In Palka Male literacy stands at 72.42 % while female literacy rate was 48.08 %.

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

Palka Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	250	-	-
Population	1,352	715	637
Child (0-6)	241	124	117
Schedule Caste	894	462	432
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	61.03 %	72.42 %	48.08 %
Total Workers	601	370	231
Main Worker	312	-	-
Marginal Worker	289	157	132

Caste Factor

In Palka village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 66.12 % of total population in Palka village. The village Palka currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Palka village out of total population, 601 were engaged in work activities. 51.91 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 48.09 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 601 workers engaged in Main Work, 158 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 17 were Agricultural labourer.