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Palma Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Palma is a medium size village located in Barabazar Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 127 families residing. The Palma village has population of 746 of which 377 are males while 369 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palma village population of children with age 0-6 is 124 which makes up 16.62 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palma village is 979 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Palma as per census is 851, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Palma village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Palma village was 68.49 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Palma Male literacy stands at 88.39 % while female literacy rate was 48.72 %.

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

Palma Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 127 - -
Population 746 377 369
Child (0-6) 124 67 57
Schedule Caste 114 61 53
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 68.49 % 88.39 % 48.72 %
Total Workers 458 221 237
Main Worker 214 - -
Marginal Worker 244 40 204

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 15.28 % of total population in Palma village. The village Palma currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Palma village out of total population, 458 were engaged in work activities. 46.72 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 53.28 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 458 workers engaged in Main Work, 91 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 75 were Agricultural labourer.