Palasia Population - Baleshwar, Orissa

Palasia is a medium size village located in Basta Block of Baleshwar district, Orissa with total 110 families residing. The Palasia village has population of 469 of which 248 are males while 221 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palasia village population of children with age 0-6 is 71 which makes up 15.14 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palasia village is 891 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Palasia as per census is 1029, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Palasia village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Palasia village was 70.60 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Palasia Male literacy stands at 78.87 % while female literacy rate was 61.08 %.

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

Palasia Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	110	-	-
Population	469	248	221
Child (0-6)	71	35	36
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	192	102	90
Literacy	70.60 %	78.87 %	61.08 %
Total Workers	208	149	59
Main Worker	101	-	-
Marginal Worker	107	54	53

Caste Factor

In Palasia village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 40.94 % of total population in Palasia village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Palasia village of Baleshwar.

Work Profile

In Palasia village out of total population, 208 were engaged in work activities. 48.56 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 51.44 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 208 workers engaged in Main Work, 90 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.