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Salgas Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Salgas is a medium size village located in Panki Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 309 families residing. The Salgas village has population of 1460 of which 769 are males while 691 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Salgas village population of children with age 0-6 is 255 which makes up 17.47 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Salgas village is 899 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Salgas as per census is 917, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Salgas village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Salgas village was 68.71 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Salgas Male literacy stands at 76.57 % while female literacy rate was 59.93 %.

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

Salgas Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 309 - -
Population 1,460 769 691
Child (0-6) 255 133 122
Schedule Caste 652 333 319
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 68.71 % 76.57 % 59.93 %
Total Workers 559 351 208
Main Worker 38 - -
Marginal Worker 521 322 199

Caste Factor

In Salgas village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 44.66 % of total population in Salgas village. The village Salgas currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Salgas village out of total population, 559 were engaged in work activities. 6.80 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 93.20 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 559 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 17 were Agricultural labourer.