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Pala Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Pala is a medium size village located in Saipung Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 141 families residing. The Pala village has population of 755 of which 364 are males while 391 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pala village population of children with age 0-6 is 202 which makes up 26.75 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pala village is 1074 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Pala as per census is 961, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Pala village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Pala village was 45.39 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Pala Male literacy stands at 33.72 % while female literacy rate was 55.82 %.

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

Pala Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 141 - -
Population 755 364 391
Child (0-6) 202 103 99
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 752 361 391
Literacy 45.39 % 33.72 % 55.82 %
Total Workers 364 182 182
Main Worker 356 - -
Marginal Worker 8 3 5

Caste Factor

In Pala village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.60 % of total population in Pala village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Pala village of Jaintia Hills.

Work Profile

In Pala village out of total population, 364 were engaged in work activities. 97.80 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.20 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 364 workers engaged in Main Work, 327 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.