Palsa Population - Mayurbhanj, Orissa

Palsa is a medium size village located in Barsahi Block of Mayurbhanj district, Orissa with total 60 families residing. The Palsa village has population of 276 of which 139 are males while 137 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palsa village population of children with age 0-6 is 49 which makes up 17.75 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palsa village is 986 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Palsa as per census is 1722, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Palsa village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Palsa village was 53.30 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Palsa Male literacy stands at 61.98 % while female literacy rate was 43.40 %.

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

Palsa Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	60	-	-
Population	276	139	137
Child (0-6)	49	18	31
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	253	128	125
Literacy	53.30 %	61.98 %	43.40 %
Total Workers	117	80	37
Main Worker	15	-	-
Marginal Worker	102	67	35

Caste Factor

In Palsa village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 91.67 % of total population in Palsa village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Palsa village of Mayurbhanj.

Work Profile

In Palsa village out of total population, 117 were engaged in work activities. 12.82 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 87.18 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 117 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.