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Palma Population - Dhanbad, Jharkhand

Palma is a medium size village located in Tundi Block of Dhanbad district, Jharkhand with total 107 families residing. The Palma village has population of 609 of which 317 are males while 292 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palma village population of children with age 0-6 is 141 which makes up 23.15 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palma village is 921 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Palma as per census is 808, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Palma village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Palma village was 59.19 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Palma Male literacy stands at 74.48 % while female literacy rate was 43.23 %.

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 107 - -
Population 609 317 292
Child (0-6) 141 78 63
Schedule Caste 16 8 8
Schedule Tribe 506 266 240
Literacy 59.19 % 74.48 % 43.23 %
Total Workers 305 157 148
Main Worker 14 - -
Marginal Worker 291 149 142

Caste Factor

In Palma village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 83.09 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 2.63 % of total population in Palma village.

Work Profile

In Palma village out of total population, 305 were engaged in work activities. 4.59 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 95.41 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 305 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.