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Palni Population - Nalanda, Bihar

Palni is a medium size village located in Bihar Block of Nalanda district, Bihar with total 284 families residing. The Palni village has population of 1568 of which 769 are males while 799 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palni village population of children with age 0-6 is 284 which makes up 18.11 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palni village is 1039 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Palni as per census is 986, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Palni village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Palni village was 60.36 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Palni Male literacy stands at 77.64 % while female literacy rate was 43.92 %.

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

Palni Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 284 - -
Population 1,568 769 799
Child (0-6) 284 143 141
Schedule Caste 282 135 147
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 60.36 % 77.64 % 43.92 %
Total Workers 627 386 241
Main Worker 506 - -
Marginal Worker 121 71 50

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 17.98 % of total population in Palni village. The village Palni currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Palni village out of total population, 627 were engaged in work activities. 80.70 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 19.30 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 627 workers engaged in Main Work, 187 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 145 were Agricultural labourer.